1870.] Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India* 351 



and is only just separated from the nostril. In other specimens or 

 in allied species, the nostril may very possibly be found to be at the 

 point of junction of the three plates. 



After the details already given in the case of Cabrita, I doubt 

 much if these characters of the nasal shields are of generic import- 

 ance. They appear to me to be at the most sectional or sub- 

 generic characters. They are easily recognised, however, and are 

 therefore convenient for classification. I am myself inclined to 

 consider Pseudophiops as a sub -genus of Ophiops, and the present 

 form as an additional sub-genus. If, however, Pseudophiops have 

 generic rank, the present may also be considered a distinct genus. 



Gymnops subg. nov. Ophiopis. 



JYaris inter dua scuta inflata, uno superiori, altero inferiori, posita 9 

 $cuto tertio posteriori ad narem fere attingente. Palpebrce nulled. 

 6. Ophiops [Gymnops] Microlepis, sp. nov. PI, xv, Figs. 1-5. 



0. scutis cerebralilus subplanis ) hated rugatis, prmfrontali unico, post- 

 frontalibus suturd sold disjunctis, seuto nullo interveniente, occipitalibus 

 parvis, quartam partem postoceipitalium suboequantibus, suhmentalibus 

 utrinque 6 veil \ squamis dorsalibus minutis, carinatis ; prceanali uno 

 magno, altero vix minor i ante eum ; caudd elongatd, antice subquadratd, 

 postice rotundatd, attenuatd, corporem longitudine magis quam duplo 

 excedente ; dor so medio griseo, ventre albido, lateribus maculatis, lined 

 albidd utrinque ab super ciliis ad lumbum decurrente, maculis fuseis supra 

 et infra marginata, alid inferior i infra oeulum oriente, vix post humerum 



Head of moderate length, muzzle depressed, rounded. Eostral 

 shield large, running back below the nostril so that the lower 

 nasal shield rests partly on the rostral, partly on the first labial. 

 All the three nasal shields, swollen, the two upper nasals meeting 

 with a short suture behind the rostral. Post nasal small, on the 

 cantlius rostralis, semi elliptic, the rounded margin directed forwards 

 and only just separated from the nostril ; this shield is separated 

 from the upper labials by the lower nasal, and abuts behind part- 

 ly against the prsefrontal, partly against the anterior loreal. Prse- 

 frontal hexagonal, single, concave in the centre, Postfrontals each 

 about equal in size to the prsefrontal meeting in a rather long su~ 



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