26 Catalogue of Reptiles. 



8th largish. Lower eyelid scaled, with a transverse row of large plates. Ears 

 largislCpatulous, rhombic, with two projecting scales in front. Tympanum 

 sunken Lower rostral followed by two transverse gular scales and 3 pairs 

 of chin shields. Scales of body moderate, subequal ,, .moo h B ack coveied 

 TYith a single row of transverse scales, from a little behind the shouldei to 

 The loins. At base of tail two rows, soon followed by a single row of sub- 

 caudal scales. Prseanal scales two, large. Two central rows of ventral 

 scales appreciablv larger. Scales in 23 rows round the body. 



Cobufpale JownV spirits), A dark band from snout ***«-*££ 

 the centre of the back and along either side Lateral stripes white dotted 

 the central one narrower than the row of vertebral scales. Tail mottled, 

 dark markings somewhat annularly disposed. 



Body 4.0, tail 5,75 = 9.75. 



Elbow to toe 0.50. Knee to toe 0.70. 



a. two adults in spirits. 



No record of habitat or donor. 



28. P. laticeps, D. et B. 



a. adult in spirit. North Carolina. Kev. J. Fitzgerald. 



MOCOA, Gray. 



29. M. Formosa, Blyth, J. A. S., XXII., 651. 



M.pulcher, Blyth, museum label. 



a. one large specimen,type Mirzapore. Major Wrough- 



ofBlyth's description. ton. 



5. c. smaller. Wuzeerabad. L.C.Stewart,Esq. 



Dr Gunther is quite correct in surmising that this species has a trans- 

 parent lower eyelid and no supranasal, and it is, therefore, correctly referred 

 to Mocoa. 

 30. M. Sikimensis, Blyth. 



Eumeces Indicus, Gray, apud Gunther in part. 



a five specimens. Sikim. Major Sherwill, 



W. Theobald, 

 Junior, Esq. 



Br Gunther appears to have confounded two species under this name, as 

 of manv authentic Himalayan specimens none exceed four and a half inches, 

 ?Wo-h Dr. Gunther gives the length as 8 to 10 inches, probably from his 

 fW specimens erroneously identified. The limbs of the species are much 

 •mailer than E. Indicus, Gray, apud Gunther. The fore limbs barely reach 

 Wmd the gape, the hind a little more than halfway to the axilla. Nothing 

 W Dr Gunther's perverse determination to depreciate or ignore the labours 

 «f naturalists in India, could have led him into uniting such dissimilar 

 soecies as this and JE. Indicus. The size of this species, and the transparent 

 lower eyelid of Mocoa were adequate warnings against such an error. 



