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gular, attenuating much posteriorly : fronti-parietals triangular and 

 contiguous ; parietals large, subovate ; interparietal smaller, elongate 

 and obtusely pentangular ; superciliaries five in number, broad, the 

 two series separated apart by the narrow hinder part of the elon- 

 gated frontal shield. Scales of the back and upper part of tail 

 rhombic, strongly carinate, the keels running in parallel ridges ; of 

 the belly roundish, smooth. Prae-anal scales 2, large, triangular. 

 Toes 5 — 5, simple, slender. 



A. Berdmorei, nobis, n. s. Colour dusky-brown or blackish, the 

 throat and belly ruddy-white, with some cross-bands of the same 

 upon the neck and body, broader and more distinct on the former, 

 and white specks on the lips, chin, and on the under and lateral 

 surface of the tail. Eight distinct rows of keeled scales along the 

 back. Length of specimen 4-f in., of which the tail is 2f in., and 

 head ^ in. ; fore-limbs -^ in. ; hind-limbs if in. Hab. Mergui, 

 where procured by Capt. Berdmore. 



Mocoa foemosa, nobis, n. s. Length of one 7 in., of which the 

 tail measures half. Scales hexagonal, in six dorsal series. Prse-anal 

 scales similar to the abdominal. Form robust. Frontal shield elon- 

 gate-pentagonal, broadest to the front, and rounded posteriorly. 

 Inter-nasal and fronti-nasals lozenge-shaped, or somewhat fan- 

 shaped, broader than long. Fronti-parietals distinct, but unsym- 

 metrically divided. Colour olive-green, with black lateral and 

 pale superlateral bands as usual, the former much speckled with 

 greenish-white, and the latter shewing a series of black spots. 

 Between the pale superlateral streaks are five narrow black lines 

 along the nape and body, variegated with angular greenish-white 

 spots. A few such spots appear also on the upper surface of the 

 tail, caused by a scale variegated with black and greenish-white 

 here and there placed. Limbs minutely pencilled with black, and 

 spots or streaks of the same upon the head. Under-parts green- 

 ish-plumbeous throughout. This large specimen was procured at 

 Mirzapore by the late Major "Wroughton ; and others, from "Wu- 

 zeerabad, presented by L. C. Stewart, Esq. now of H. M. 61st Eegt., 

 are smaller and less marked with black, which does not form con- 

 tinuous lines along the back, but variegated scales (black, with pale 



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