C 58 ) 



Body 1-37; tail 2-00 = 3'37 inches. 

 Inhabits Parasnath hill in Western Bengal. 

 Very close to Sihkimensis, but of a more slender habit and 

 ■with longer hind feet. 



M. formosa, Blyth. J. A. S,, B., 1853, p. 651. 



No enlarged prseanal shields.. Form robust. 



Colour olive green, -with dark lateral bands, pale margined 

 above, the dark bands speckled with greenish white, the paler 

 bands with black. Between the pale bands, down the nape and 

 body run five narrow black lines, variegated with angular 

 greenish white spots. Limbs minutely pencilled with black and 

 spots and streaks of the same on the head. 



Length, body 3-50 ; tail 350 = T'OO inches. 



Inhabits Mirzapiir, North- Western Provinces, and Wazirabad 

 in the Panjab. 



M. bilineata. Gray, 



Head much as in SikJcimensis. Front margin of ear with a 

 pair of tubercles, not denticulated. A pair of large praeanals. 

 Scales in 24 longitudinal, and between limbs in 44 transverse rows. 

 Colour brownish olive above, greenish white below. A broad 

 dark band runs from the nostril to end of tail, enclosing below a 

 whitish lateral Une. A pair of black lines from the nape along 

 the back in adults, wanting in the young. Length 5 inches, 

 of which the tail is half. 



Inhabits the Nilghiri hills, towards their summits, under stones. 



M. Travankorica Bed. Mad. Mont. J. Med. Sc, Jan. 1870, p. 34. 



" Supranasal shield none. The lower eyelid with a round trans- 

 parent space. A single prgefrontal is in contact with the rostral, 

 as well as the vertical. Four superciliary shields with a pair 

 of very small sfiields between them and the eye. Anterior 

 occipital single, or rarely double, a diamond-shaped shield 

 between the upper part of the posterior pair of occipitals. Ear 

 without tubercles or denticulation. Vent with a pair of large 



