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GEOKOTID^. 



Eab. — Kurrachee, Jask, Muscat, Arabia, and north west of Bushire, 

 Eublepharis, Gray. 



Eyelids well developed. Toes not dilated, all clawed. Pupil sub- 

 elliptical; tympanum thin, deeply sunk. 



Eublepharis hardwickii, Gray, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 223; Gun- 

 ther, Bep. Brit. Ind. p, 119, pi. xi. fig, B; Theob. Cat. Eep. Brit. hid. 

 p. 94 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., S^c, Bind, p. 258. Gymnodactylus 

 lunatus, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. 1874, p. 633. 



Plate 



Rostral with a slit mesially in its upper half and broader than high. 

 Nostrils directed laterally and up-jyards, and placed between the rostral 

 and first labial. One pair of chin shields and 4-6 enlarged shields 

 behind it in transverse line. 9-10 upper and lower labials. Back 

 granular, covered with large ovate convex tubercles. Tail cylindrical, 

 verticillate, each verticel with 3-4 conical tubercles on each side. Scales 

 of the abdomen sub-imbricate, six-sided, in 30 longitudinal series ; ] 7 

 pores in an angular series in the prse-anal region. 



Colour — top of head (in the young) black from rostral to behind the 

 occiput, with a central white V mark and a transverse line below it. 

 A white horse-shoe-shaped band on the nape, extending to the gape. 

 Upper and lower labials and chin white; back banded dark brown and 

 white, there being one white band across the fore limbs, one in the 

 middle of the back, the third in front of the hind limb. There are five 

 bands on the tail, the tip being black. In the adult the colouring is diff- 

 erent ; the crown is marked with dark blotches on a white ground, 

 the dark bands across tbe body and tail are also broken up, but the 

 banded appearance is present. 



Hob. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Bengal and Southern 

 India. In Sind it is found with the next species in the more desert 

 tracts, under large stones, stone heaps and old timber; rather numer- 

 ous from July to September. Both species are considered venomous 

 by the natives, among whom they are -known as the "Khun," the 

 Biskobra of Europeans, &c. It is a question whether this and E.macu- 

 larius are distinct species, both are found associated, and I am inclined 

 to the belief that macularius is the very adult form of E. hardwickii. 



Eublepharis macularius, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. 1854, p. 738 ; 

 Murray, Edhk., Zool, 8fc., 8ind, p. 258 ; Theob. Rep. Brit. Ind. p. 94. 

 G. fasciolatus, Ounth. A. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xiv. p. 429. 



Sides and back covered with oval tubercles, widely separated by 

 closely-packed granular scales. Nostril in a single shield above the first 

 labial. Eleven upper and lower labials. A pair of large chin shields 

 behind the mental with four smaller ones in transverse series behind it. 

 Fingers more slender and longer than in Hardwickii. Tail verticillate, 

 with eight large tubercles transversely arranged along the hinder margin 

 of each verticel. 



