370 aqamidjE. 



on the lower part of the tail not keeled near the base, and are in more 

 or less distinct rings. A double fold beneath the chin, a distinct one 

 across the back of the neckj single in the middle, more or less double 

 at the sides ; from the side of the neck another fold begins, which 

 runs upwards and backwards above the shoulders, and then descends 

 gradually along the sides to the anterior lower portion of the thigh. 

 There are in the males only 8 or 4 rows of thickened scales in front of- 

 the arms, and a small oval patch 5-7 scales long and 5 or 6 broad, of 

 similar thickened scales in the centre of the abdomen. 



Colour pale yellowish brown, sometimes more or less dusky. Chin 

 cobalt blue, mottled and veined with yellow. 



Length.— 16-]7 inches, of which the tail is 10-11. 



Hab. — Upper Sind near old mosques, &c.; also Beloochistan, Afghan- 

 istan, Southei'n and S. B. Persia. 



Trapelus, Ctiv. 



Head convex, covered with unequal scales. Paratoids unarmed. 

 Eyelids with a fringe of small scales. Back not crested, covered with 

 imbricate scales. Pores on the front edge of the vent. Ears with 

 small scales in front. 



Trapelus megalonyx, Gunther, Rep. Brit. Ind. Tp. 159; Theo- 

 bald, Hep. B. Ind. p. 118. 



Head short, triangular, covered with small convex shields. Canthus 

 rostralis absent. Supercilium formed of rather long narrow shields. 

 Nostrils in front on the snout. Rostral the size of the upper labials, 

 which are square and 38-39 in number all round. Upper margin of 

 the tympanum denticulated. Throat with a transverse fold across, and 

 covered with small smooth scales. No crest on the neck. Body 

 covered with small keeled scales, irregularly arranged ; ventral scales 

 small, also irregularly arranged, indistinctly keeled, and in about 22 

 oblique series between the fore legs. No anal pores in the female. 

 Tail covered with imbricate keeled scales. The fore leg laid back 

 reaches beyond the hip joint. Hind leg laid forward extends to 

 the eye. Fingers with long claws, and with three series of spines 

 below. Colour greyish, marbled with brown, with six ocellated spots 

 along the vertebral line. 



Length. — 8-10 inches, of which the tail is about one-half. 



Hah. — Sind and Afghanistan. Stolickza also obtained a specimen in 

 Sind, which is now, or was, in the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1872. 



Trapelus ruderatus, Olivier, Voy. Emp. 0th. Eg. et Pers. ii. p. 

 429; Gray, Gat. Liz. Brit. Mus. p. 258; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 

 384. — The Variable Trapelus. 



Head short, triangular. Canthus rostralis very small. Rostral little 

 larger than the labial ; 7-8 long shields behind the nostril along the 

 superciliary edge to the hind edge of the eye-brow, and 4-5 between 

 the two nostrils, which are lateral and directed upwards. Throat with 

 a cross fold; upper lip fringed with 18-20 scales on each side. Scales 



