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GECKOIDES, STELLIO CYANIGASTER, AGAMA AGILIS, and ACANTHODACTYLUS 



vulgaris. Mr. Theobald's shells consist chiefly of well known species, 

 and include a fine series of the Afghan Bulimus spel^eus, Hutton, from 

 the Salt Range. 



E. Blyth. 



rather large. Two great prse-anal scales, obliquely separated. All the scales quite 

 smooth, without trace of keels. A remarkable character consists in a series of 

 very wide (but longitudinally narrow) scales along the middle of the back, con- 

 tinued from above the articulation of the fore to that of the hind-limbs ; beyond 

 which either way they are represented by an alternately double series, hexagonal, 

 and similar to the scales on the other parts. There are two lateral series of dorsal 

 scales on either side of the broad medial series ; three additional series on the sides 

 of the body ; and eight abdominal series : all longitudinal. Along the middle of 

 the tail underneath is also a series of broad scales, and ten other longitudinal series 

 surrounding the tail. The scales of the upper-parts are conspicuously distinct 

 apart ; those of the under-parts less so. Scales upon the limbs smaller than the 

 rest, but otherwise similar. No femoral pores. 



Eu. t^eniolatus, nobis, n. s. Pale olive-grey above, with three pale-spotted 

 dark bands more or less distinct, reaching backward as far as the hind-limbs; and 

 the tail more or less speckled with dusky-black : under-parts spotless dull-white. 

 In the young, these markings are much more intensely brought out : the medial 

 dorsal band is less broad than the series of wide medial dorsal scales along which 

 it runs, and also than the lateral bands ; and the tail is brightly spotted throughout, 

 except along its under surface. Length of adult 9 in., of which the tail (from 

 vent) is 5^ in.; fore-limb f in., reaching to the fore-part of the eye; and hind- 

 limb, 1 in. : distance from fore to hind-limb 2f in. This handsome Scink is com- 

 mon in the Alpine Punjab. 



Coluber vittacaudatus, nobis, n. s. Affined to C. fasciolatus, Shaw. 

 Vertical plate pentagonal, with obtuse posterior apex. A single frsenal. Nineteen 

 rows of scales. Abdominal scutse, 220 : caudal scutellae, 95 pairs. Ground-colour 

 olive, paler below : a broad black streak behind each eye, not continued on to the 

 neck, and hardly shewing anterior to the eye : rest of head and neck without 

 markings. Tail short, with four longitudinal black bands on a whitish ground : 

 anterior to the vent, the upper band on each side becomes much broader, and is 

 crossed with numerous pale striae, more or less distinct; which, at about the second 

 posterior fifth of the entire length of the animal, coalesce and unite to form a 

 lateral pale band, more or less broken and continued forward to the neck: above 

 and below this irregular pale band, are series of black elongated diamond squares, 

 pale-centred excepting those towards the neck ; the upper series of these squares 

 uniting, each with its opposite, leave a series of lengthened oval pale spots along 

 the middle of the back, continued (from about the third-fifth of the length of the 

 animal) as an unbroken pale-band to the end of the tail. Lower-parts pale, 

 mottled with black, resolving into two dark lines upon a pale ground, along the 

 posterior two-fifths of the entire length. Length of specimen, 19 in. ; of which 

 tail, 3£ in. From the vicinity of Darjiling. 



