356 ■ sEPSiD^. 



Eumeces tseniolatus, Blyth,J.A.S. B. 1854, p. 739. Plestiodon 

 Bcutatus, Theob. Gat, Eep. As. Soc.Mus. Mabouia tseniolata, Elythj And. 

 P. As. B. September 1871. 



Rostral large, subtriangular, as high as broad, behind which the 

 Eupra-nasals form a suture. Nasal between the first upper labial, 

 rostral and supra-nasal. Prse-frontal single. Post-frontals form sutures 

 with the pree-frontal and vertical, and laterally with the pree-ocular and 

 loreal. Vertical three times as long as its broadest part, followed by a 

 pair of large shields, within the hollow of the sutures of both of which 

 is a bell-shaped inter-occipital, wibh, as in Ablepharus, a small 

 sub-central dusky spot. Post-occipitals form sutures with the sides of 

 the inter-occipital and meet above it, and also with a large temporal 

 plate and the hindmost superciliary. Upper labials 9-10, the 6th and 

 7th below the eye. Lower labials 9 ; mental as broad as the rostral 

 with two shields behind stretching across the chin ; three pairs of 

 chin shields, the first only in contact with each other. There is a 

 small scale between the second pair. The thii'd pair distant. Super- 

 ciliary shield 6-7, the third the largest ; one post-ocular, one pre- 

 ocular. Two rows of small scales between the upper labials and the 

 disc of the lower eyelid, which is scaly, and a row of small shields 

 between the superciliaries and the upper eyelid. Scales round the middle 

 of the body in 20-21 rows, the dorsal series about three times the 

 width of those on the sides. Anal shields two, sub-caudals 110-120. 

 Toes scutate, all clawed. Ear opening' fringed with 3-4 scales. Colour 

 brownish yellow above and below with three broad dark brown lines 

 down the back, all three lines begin from the rostral, and are spotted 

 yellowish ; the spots on the lateral line are formed by every alternate 

 scale being tipped yellow. In spirit the yellow changes to a whitish. 

 Tail of the same colour as the body with dark brown specklings in 

 48-50 irregular bands. 



1. Length 10 inches, of which the tail is 6 inches. 



2. „ 10-5 „ „ „ 6-25 „ 



Hab. — Sind and the Punjab, also Cashmere, commonly seen among 

 hedges in and around gardens during the hottest part of the day. 



Family, SBPSID^. 



Nostrils in the front edge of a small shield contiguous to the rostral. 



Spheuocephalus, Blyth. 



Limbs four, rudimentary, each with three toes, except in S.pentadacty- 

 lus, which has five. Anterior limbs very small, fitting into a groove. 

 Ears invisible. Lower eyelids semi-transparent. 



Sphenooephalus tridactylus, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxii. p. 654 ; 

 Gunth. Sept. Br. Ind. p. 98 ; Theo. Rept. Br. Ind. p. 70 ; Blf. Bast. 

 Persia, p. 395 ; Murray, Edblc, ZooL, Sfc, Sind,-p. 258.— The Cioigna. 



Rostral triangular, as broad as high, and protruding beyond the 

 mental. Nostrils between two shields contiguous to the rostral in its 



