352 Meptilia and Amphibia from Central India. [No. 4, 



ture, without any intermediate shield. Vertical elongate with a 

 longitudinal groove in the middle for the anterior half of its length, 

 sides concave, posterior margin forming a salient angle. The two 

 large supra -orbitals have a row of granules on their exterior mar- 

 gins, a small shield in front and one or two behind them. Occipi- 

 tals small, each little more than a quarter the size of a postoccipital. 

 Postoccipitals irregularly pentagonal with small shields between 

 them, hinder edges straight, rather oblique. 



Loreals two, the upper parts of both bent over to form the can- 

 thus rostralis, the anterior about half the size of the posterior, the 

 latter in the specimen broken up below on each side into small 

 shields. Temples oovered with small inflated subcarinate scales 

 with 3 or 4 small shields along the upper margin. Ear opening 

 much higher than broad, one enlarged scale in front of the upper 

 portion. Upper labials about 8, the 5th from the front much en- 

 larged and below the orbit, lower labials 7 or 8. Mental shield 

 large, chin shields in 6* (? 7) pairs the first two (3) pairs meeting. 



The fore leg laid back extends to the thigh, laid forward it reach- 

 es to the end of the snout, the hind toe comes just beyond the ear. 

 The first three toes on the fore foot are graduated, the 4th is very 

 little longer than the 3rd, the 5th about equal in length to the 

 2nd. All the toes are keeled and denticulate beneath, but not 

 at the sides. In the hind foot, the first four toes increase regularly 

 in length, the 5th is about as long as the 3rd. 



There is a well marked fold in front of each shoulder, not verti- 

 cal, but inclined obliquely upwards and backwards, with very small 

 scales behind it and in front of the shoulder. There is no collar 

 beneath the throat. Scales of the belly rhomboidal, in six rows, 

 the four centre rows about equal in size, the lateral ones rather 

 smaller. Dorsal scales strongly keeled, very small, much smaller 

 than in Cabrita L&schenaultii, and not oblique as in that sj^ecies, ar- 

 ranged in transverse rows ; there being about 50 in each row. 

 Scales of the tail much larger than those of the back, all strongly 

 keeled. Two large plates in front of the anus, one before the other, 

 the hinder being the largest. Femoral pores 14 on each side. 



* In the only specimen obtained there are sis chin shields on one side, seven 

 on the other. 



