1853.] Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. 477 



obtained by W. Elliot, Esq. on the Mlgherries near Coonoor. I 

 have not myself been fortunate enough to observe it, and know 

 nothing of its haunts. Its colours in spirit are of a pale pearl grey 

 with a row of black spots on its back, another row on its sides some- 

 what larger and white, edged black. 



Length of one 5i inches, of which the tail is 3.* 

 Earn. BOINCIDJE. 



Gen. MOCOA— Gray. 

 Mocoa bilineata — Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., Dec. 1846, p. 430. 



Eronti-parietal plates two, separate ; ears round, moderate, with 

 two very indistinct minute scales in front ; the drum sunken ; scales 

 6 or 8 rowed, thin, smooth; above shining olive, whitish beneath, 

 a dark broad line on each side from nostril to end of tail ; two 

 narrow dark lines on back from neck to end of tail. In the young 

 and half grown animal, the tail is of a beautiful smalt or violet 

 colour. 



Length of one 5f inches, of which the tail is 3|.f 



I have only found this Scink under stones on the summit of the 

 Nilgherries. It appears very similar to Lygosoma Dussamerii of 

 Dumeril and Bibron. 



Gen. EIOPA— Gray. 



Eiopa albopunctata — Gray, L c. 



Pale olive brown above, yellowish white beneath, sides of neck and 

 body, purplish black, dotted with white. Length of one 4 inches, of 

 which the tail is not quite 2. 



This certainly looks very like the Tiliqua pulclira figured in Gray 

 and Hardwicke's Illust. of Indian Zoology. I have found it in the 

 Nellore district, where it is rare. J 



Eiopa punctata (L.) — Gray. 



Length of one 9 inches, of which the tail is 4f . 



I have found this lizard both on the Eastern and Western Coasts 

 of India under stones, or in the ground. 



* A specimen with tail imperfect was long ago presented by Mr. Jerdon to the 

 Society's museum. — Cur. As. Soc. 



f Remarkable for its Riopa-\ike proportions, and great length of tail; also for 

 having four large acutely triangular pree-anal scales, with the points converging 

 posteriorly. — Cur. As. Soc. 



% The Society has lately received it from Mergui. — Cur. As. Soc. 



