146 Lacertidie. 



dorsolateral streak starting from the superciliary edge ; a dark lateral 

 band from the nostril, through the eye and ij.volving the upper half 

 of the ear-opening, to the tail, edged below by a light streak. Lower 

 parts greenish white (in spirit). Tail reddish in the young. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



Habitat. — Khasi hills, near Assam. Six specimens, from the collec- 

 tion of Dr. T. C. Jerdon, are preserved in the British Museum. 

 Jerdon referred them to T. nexUneatns (Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 p. 72). 



This species may be regarded as intermediate between T. taeJiy- 

 dromoides and T. sexlineatnf:, as observed by Griiuther in 1888 : 

 " Specimens of T. sexlineatus from Khassva, in the British Museum, 

 have on the whole a somewhat shorter and less tapering snout, also 

 shorter toes than the typical form, and approach in these respects 

 T. meridionalis." 



7. TACHYDEOMUS SMAEAGDINUS. 



Tachydroiiius smaragdinnn, Bouleug. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 147. 

 pi. xvii, fig. 2, and pi. xviii, fig. 1, and Cat. Liz. iii, p. 509 (1887); 

 Giinth. Ann. & 31ag. N. H. (6) i, 1888, p. 168: Stejueger, Herp. 

 Japan, p. 236, fig. (1907); Van Deuburgh, Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) iii, 

 1912, p. 247 ; Bouleug. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. v, 1917, p. 223. 



Body scarcely depressed. Head twice or nearly twice as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of the eye 



