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and spined. Scales of head small, smooth, polygonal ; those of limbs moderate. 

 Scales in the lumbar region very small, smoothish; at the base of tail very large ; 

 few lines as large as lumbar scales, very strongly keeled. Colour green, a black 

 band along the upper jaws involving the tympanum. A pale streak from 

 the tympanum to shoulder. Scales of throat large, keeled : no gular pouch. 

 Tail bulging at base, round, long, and tapering. 



BRACHYSAURA, Blyth. 

 B. ornata, B. J. A. S. 1856, p. 448. Type no larger in Museum. 



76. C. DORSALTS. 



a. 3 specimens. 



CHARASIA. 



Nilghiris, Koonoor. W 



Theobald, Junr, 

 Esq. 



LAUDAKIA. 



77. L. tuberculata, Gray. 

 L. melainira, Blyth. 

 Stellio Indicus, B. apud Gunth. 

 a. young female in spirit. Simla. 



W. Theobald, Junr., 



Esq. 



STELLIO. 



78. S. Indicus, Blyth. 



S Cyanogaster, Rupp. f 



a. adult. Mirzapore. 



b. halt* grown (bifid tail.) Agra. 



Major Wroughton, 

 F. L. Stewart, Esq. 

 c. ditto. Kashmir. W. Theobald, Junr., 



Esq. 



The two species (L. tuberculata and 8. Indicus) are very closely allied. Un- 

 fortunately the specimens are not sufficiently numerous for a full comparison. 

 The most obvious distinction seems to be in the scales of the back, which in 

 L. tuberculata, are larger, with the keels forming distinct longitudinal lines. 

 The sole specimen is a female, and the character is probably more decided 

 in males : in the museum specimen, it is more conspicuous than in larger 

 specimens of Stellio. In S. Indicus too the sides are armed with spiny 

 scales, and the coloring seems more varied. 



AGAMA. 



79. A. agilis, Oliv. 



80. A. RUDERATA, Oliv. 



a. young specimen. 



Punjab W. Theobald, Junr., 



Salt Range. Esq. 



Somali land. Lieutenant Speke. 



