1870.] Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. 347 



Leschenaultii from Pind Dadun Khan in the Punjab Salt Pange, and 

 formerly possessed the same from Afghanistan. None of these spe- 

 cimens could be found, when Mr. Theobald made a Catalogue of 

 the Society's Peptiles in 1865 (J. A. S. B., 1869, Pt. II). They 

 may very possibly have been in bad condition from inadequate 

 preservation in the first instance, and have fallen to pieces. If so, 

 it may have been difficult to identify them, and as Dr. Jerdon 

 has recently described a very similar lizard, Pseudophiops Theobaldi* 

 from the Punjab, and as the distinction between Ophiops or 

 Pseudophiops and Cabrita would be very difficult to determine 

 in specimens in bad condition, it is not impossible that the Pind 

 Dadun Khan specimens may have been a Pseudophiops or some 

 other lizard. 



In his Catalogue of the Eeptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of 

 India, 1. c, Dr. Jerdon describes Calosaura Leschenaultii from 

 specimens obtained in the Salem and Coimbatoor districts, but he 

 does not mention the form of the nasal plates. Major B e d do m e has, 

 however, since procured the same lizard in the same localities, and, 

 on my writing to inquire, he has kindly examined his specimens, 

 and he informs me that the nostril is between two swollen plates 

 followed by a small post-nasal. I think there can be but little 

 doubt, therefore, that this is Gray's Cabrita brunnea. 



It will be seen from my remarks on the next species, that the 

 characters of the nasal plates are eminently variable amongst these 

 lizards, which appear to be otherwise closely allied, and I therefore 

 see no reason for considering Calosaura and Cabrita distinct genera. 

 The generic character will, however, require modification, but to this 

 I will recur after my notes on C. Jerdoni. 



The few individuals of Cabrita Leschenaultii which I obtained 

 were found in thin forest. It is a quick active lizard, but less so 

 than Acanthodactylus, and its habitat accounts both for its being 

 less agile, since it can more easily elude its enemies by hiding, 

 and for its very different coloration. The length is 6 inches, of which 

 the tail is nearly 4. 



The following description of the coloration is taken from a fresh 

 specimen. Head above dusky, centre of the back brown, bordered 

 * Proc. As. Soc. Beng. March, 1870, p. 71. 



