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of the scales on the sides spinose. Tail round, segmented, seg- 

 ments armed above with enlarged spinose scales, beneath covered 

 with enlarged imbricate scales. Colour above blackish grey, head 

 white spotted, a narrow white vertebral line from the nape to 

 root of tail, with irregular white spots along the back, made of 

 clusters of white scales. No enlarged prseanals. Below whitish, 

 the scales along the margins of the beUy minutely punctated with 

 brown. A small species distinct from Mysoriensis, as there are 

 no " large magniform scuta" beneath the taU. Both the 

 museums specimen are probably females as I could see no 

 femoral pores. 



Inhabits Kandy, fide Ferguason. 



* * * Shape of Pupil not recorded. 



G. Mysoriensis, Jerdon. J. A. S., B., 1853, p. 469. 

 Back granular, with two or three distant rows of spines on 

 each side, extending along the tail, scales of the tail imbricate 

 with three rows of nail-shaped subcaudals. Colour greenish 

 brown with a pale vertebral stripe, and a series of dark brown 

 marks oh the head, back, and sides. Legs and feet banded. 

 Chin, throat, and anterior portion of eyebrow bright yellow. 

 Prseanal pores 2 or 3 on each side. Length 2'5 inches, of which 

 the tail equals half. 



Inhabits Bangalor. 



G. littoralis, Jerdon. J. A. S., B., 1853, p. 469. 

 Form slender. Back granular, scales smaU and equal, on the 

 muzzle larger. Colour pale brown with a series of pale marks 

 along the back and tail. A black spot on the nape. Chin and 

 throat pale yellow. Tail with enlarged subcaudals. Length 

 2-30 inches. 



Inhabits the ^a-coast of Malabar. 



G. Malabaricus, Jerdon. J. A. S., B., 1853, p. 469. 

 Back granulose : at the root of the tail granules smaller. On the 

 tail, scales large imbricate. A few small spines at the root of the 



