160 Lacerhdie. 



in the British Museum. It has since been reported from Southern 

 China, near Canton. 



Tachydromue chinensis, T. Vogt, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. 1914, 

 p. 98, is said to be similar to P. kuehnei, but there are only three pairs 

 of chin-shields and the ventral plates are obtusely keeled. 3 femoral 

 pores on each side. — Northern parts of the Province Kuangtuug 

 S. China. 



13. TROPIDOSAURA. 



Tropidosaura, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Eept. p. 22 (1826) ; Dum. & 

 Bibr. Erp. Gc'n. v, p. 163 (1839); Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xlv, 

 1886, p. 417. 



Tropidosaura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 35 (1845) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, 

 p. 50 (1887). 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between two or 

 three nasals. Lower eyelid scaly. Collar absent ; a 

 short fold in front of the arm. Back covered with large 

 hexagonal-lanceolate, strongly keeled and imbricate 

 scales; ventral plates smooth, imbricate. Digits sub- 

 cylindrical, with smooth or tubercular lamellge inferiorly. 

 Femoral pores. Tail long, cylindrical. 



South Africa. 



This genus stands in the same relation to Niicras as does Psamino- 

 dromus to Lacerta. 



1. TEOPIDOSAURA MONTANA. 



Lacerta (Tropidosaurus) montana, Gi'ay, Griff. An. K. ix, Syu. 

 p. 35 (1831). 



Tro])idosaura montana, Dum. & Bibr. t.c. p. 172 ; Gray, Cat. p. 35 ; 

 Bedriaga, t.c. p. 428 ; Bouleng. t.c. p. 51. 



Notopliolis ? capensis, Gray, Cat. p. 34. 



Tropidosaura hurchelli, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Kept., App. p. 7 

 (1849). 



In habit similar to Lacerta vivipara. Body not depressed. Head 

 small, 4 to 5 times in length to vent, li to If times as long as broad, 

 feebly depressed, its depth equal to the distance between the anterior 

 corner or the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout short. 



