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Eiopa Haedwickii — Gray. 

 Very similar to the last, but with a longer and more pointed 

 muzzle, and brighter colours, the stripes on the back being gener- 

 ally more distinct, and the tail, in the young, bright vermilion red. 

 I have only found it in the Carnatic, where it is not very rare. 



Length of one 9 inches, of which the tail is 5. It is found con- 

 cealed in dark places, under logs of wood, stones, &c* 

 Gen. TILIQUA. 



Tiliqua etjfescens — Merr. 

 T. carinata, Gray — Uuprepes Sebce — D. and B. 

 This is the most common Scink in the country, being universally 

 dispersed throughout India, hiding itself under leaves, rubbish, stones, 

 in dark rooms, &c. It runs with some rapidity, and is very active. 

 Those I have seen in the Carnatic have the two yellow bands on the 

 sides well developed, and appear to belong to the varieties A. and 

 B. of Dumeril and Bibron, whilst on the Malabar Coast the variety 

 D. and E. only is to be seen.f 

 Length of one 9 inches, of which the tail is 5£. 

 Tiliqtja teivittata — Gray. 



Gray and Hardwicke's 111. Ind. Zool. 

 Very similar to the last, but with the head shorter and more 

 triangular, scales of the back broader, and three stripes along the 

 back. 



Length of one 8 inches, of which the tail is 4f . 

 Mr. Gray, in his description of the Uuprepes trilineata, mentions 

 that his T. trivittata is yet unknown in Europe. I possess two 

 specimens, which correspond exactly with the figure in Hardwicke's 

 1 Illustrations.' I procured my specimens at Jalnat, where it is the 

 common species. 



Tiliqita eubeiventeis — Gray. 



Gray and Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. 

 Olive brown above, beneath yellowish, usually red on the throat 

 only, at times the whole abdomen red, sides white-spotted on a dark 



* Hab. also Ceylon. — Cur. As. Soc. 



f Those of Bengal are constantly banded, so far as we have seen; and the san- 

 guine red colour of the lower band seetns to denote the breeding season. In a 

 very large specimen taken lately in my own garden (length 12 in., of which the 

 tail measures 7? in.), the bands are nearly obsolete. — Cur. As. Soc. 





