Catalogue of Reptiles. 57 



T. Mortoni, Theobald. 



Scales strongly keeled, in nineteen rows. 



,-\£ n t e T U } arS }? ' the J owesfc most minu *e, looks like a fragment 

 detached from the second labial. Postoculars three small equfl on 

 one side all united into a narrow band, half as broad bnt almoTt equal 

 m length to the superciliary. Anterior frontals squarish, trunca^Tn 

 front .posterior frontals broader than long. Loreal sma II, Anal bifid 

 Upper labials seven, third and fourth enter the orbit Two mir 

 arge chin shields. The hinder ones rather larger and longer Colour 

 (bleached) pale brown with a darker vertebral .tripe. On the side 



ui^R ° bS ? let ? r ° WS ? f White ( F ell0W ) splash-like or linlniform 

 spots those bordering the vertebral stripe being conspicuous an™ 

 cateniform, and occupying the upper basal portion Sf the cale A few 

 dark spots subordinately intermingled, but which form a sort ot 

 the e helT m C Slde ° f the Spine> Belly yell0wish ' No mark * on 



a. type. 



Labelled " Homolopsis" by Mr. Carlyle, but no note of 

 donor or locality. 



This species seems to approach nearest to T. tigvlnus, but the 

 coloration is entirely different. 



I have much pleasure in naming it after Dr. Morton, Civil Surgeon 

 of Port Blair, who has most obligingly forwarded me, on more than 

 buS 1011 ' lnterestm S collections from Port Blair and the neigh- 



ATRETIUM, Cope. 



A. Schistosum, Daud. 



a. many specimens. Lower Bengal. 



h - ^tto. A. C. L. Carlyle, Esq. 



XENOCHROPHIS, Gunther. 

 X. cerasog aster, Cantor. 



a ' Lower Bengal. ? 



FOWLEA, Theobald. 



A. Tropidonotus, with smooth scales and the aspect of Hypsirhina. 

 F. Peguensis, Theobald. 



Head as in Tropidonotus. Upper labials nine. The fourth and fifth 

 enter the orbit. Anteocular one, Postoculars three, Loreal one 

 squarish, Nasals two, Frontals two pair, anterior ones small and pointed 

 Vertical moderate, Supercilianes and Occipitals large. Anal bifid' 



