838 Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. [No. 4, 



Calcutta is just on the edge of it, and may be rather placed inside 

 it than outside ; Assam and Cachar beyond our limits belong to it. 



4. The Malabar province with Southern Ceylon. This, although 

 far from throughly explored, has the richest and most interesting 

 fauna of all. It comprises the Western Coast about as far north 

 as Bombay, and the range of hills which runs parallel to that coast 

 from Cape Comorin probably as far as the river Taptee. Its fauna 

 is in part peculiar, but its affinities are distinctly Malayan, and 

 this is the more interesting, because it is divided from the Eastern 

 Himalayas and Eastern Bengal, the nearest countries in which 

 Malay types are prevalent, by the whole breadth of the Indian 

 province with its semi-African fauna. 



I can only mention a few of the more marked Reptilia and 

 Amphibia of each province. Some species range throughout, but 

 they are very few. The lists are very imperfect for want of accu- 

 rate information. 



Punjab province. Pangshura Smitldi, Psammosaurus scincus, 

 Acanthodactylus Cantoris, Sphenocephalies tridactylm, Eublepharis 

 macular ius, E. fasciatus, TJromastix, Trapelus sp., Agama ay His, 

 Chamadeo ccylonicus, Zamenis diadema, Echis carinata. 



Indian province. Testudo elegant, Pangshura tectum, Cabrita (the 

 genus), Pseudophiops Jcrdoni, Euprepu trilineatus, E. Beddomei, E. 

 trivittatits, Eumeces Hardivickii, Sitana, Gharasia, Chamceleo ceylonicus, 

 Zamenis brachyuru*, Eryx Johnii, Daboia Russellii, Echis carinata, 

 Pyxicephalus breviceps, Cacopns. 



Eastern Bengal province. Emys Hamiltonii, Pangshura sylhe- 

 tensis, Simotes bicatenatus, Tragops prasinus. I am unable to say 

 how far to the westward several Indo-Chinese forms such as 

 Tachydromus and Pseudopus gracilis extend, but I believe they may 

 fairly be considered as part of the fauna of this province. If the 

 base of the Himalayas be included, the number of Malay forms 

 will be greatly increased. 



Malabar province. Atcuchosaurus travancoricus, Gymnodactylus, 

 several species, Draco Dussumieri, Otocryptis, Zyrioccphahcs, Cerato- 

 phora, Cophotis* Calotes nemoricola, C. Rouxii, C. nigrilabris, 



* These four genera are hitherto peculiar to Ceylon, but like many other Cey- 

 lon forms may very possibly be hereafter found in the hills of Malabar, which 

 have as yet been only very imperfectly explored, many parts of them being 

 singularly difficult of access. 



