452 ZOOLOGY. 



lo. L. Sturti, sp. nov. 



L. .peraffinis prcecedenti, sed cauda longiori magis rotundata, digitis 

 brevioribus, squama pre-amali majori nulla, digitus quartus pedis posterioris 

 aurem attingit. 



PoU. Angl. 



Long, tota 13'0 



„ capitis 075 



Lat. ejusdem 0'45 



Long, corporis 2'45 



„ caudcB ah ano 9'8 



„ pedis a/nterioris c. digitis 1"1 



„ ejusdem digiti primi c. ungui 0'15 



„ „ secundi „ 0'3 



„ „ tertii et qua/rti c. ungui .... 0'35 



„ „ quinti „ .... 0'22 



„ pedis posterioris 1'85 



„ ejusdem digiti primi c. ung 0'22 



„ „ secundi „ 0'32 



„ „ tertii „ 0'43 



„ „ quarti „ 0'67 



„ „ quinti „ 0"4 



But for the difference in the pre-anal shields I should 

 not describe this specimen as a separate species from the 

 last, the other distinctions being very trifling. The head 

 is a little shorter and blunter, but the shields are very 

 similar, there being a very small additional shield be- 

 tween the two post-frontals. Supra-labials 9, the sixth 

 from the rostral expanded above ; infra-labials 6. Shields 

 of the collar about 1 4, but they pass so completely into 

 the smaller scales at each end that it is difficult to 

 assign a precise number. Ventral shields in six rows, with 

 a row of smaller flat shields at each side of them. 

 Scales of back granular, passing gradually behind into 

 the strongly-keeled scales of the tail. Toes compressed, 



