1870.] Rep tilia and A mphib ia from Gen tral In dia . 355 



well marked equidistant keels. Prseanal scales not enlarged, sub- 

 caudals broader behind but not near the anus. 



Colour olivaceous above, sides purplish brown, under parts yel- 

 low when alive with a red band from the thigh to the shoulder ; 

 these colours disappear in spirits, and are doubtless only seasonal. 

 A few black spots on the back and upper parts of the tail. A whi- 

 tish line on each side from the nostril along the superciliary ridge 

 and extending about half way down the back, another, very ill 

 marked, from the tympanum to the shoulder, a few fine white spots 

 are scattered over the sides of the neck. 



In the only specimen procured the tail is imperfect. The body 

 measures 2.25 inches from the nose to the anus, fore limb to end 

 of toes 0.7, hind limb 0.9, 4th toe of hind foot 0.3, 3rd of do. 0.22 

 inch. 



. This species is distinguished from E. trilineatus by having five 

 (sometimes four) instead of six or seven keels on the dorsal scales, 

 and by the very different coloration without any trace of the cen- 

 tral dorsal line. The same characters apparently separate it from 

 E. Beddomei, J e r d o n, Proc. A. S. B., 1870, p. 73, the scales of 

 which, however, are not described, but the coloration is even more 

 diverse than that of E. trilineatus. From all other Indian forms 

 the present is well distinguished by its transparent lower eyelid. 



Log. Pern Gang a valley, S. E. Berar. 



It is well worthy of note that the species oi Euprepes with a trans- 

 parent lower eyelid appear restricted in South-Eastern Asia to what 

 I have called the Indian province proper. None are known from 

 Malabar, Eastern Bengal or the Indo-Chinese countries (except 

 one species of a very peculiar type from Borneo), nor even from 

 the Bengal sub-division of the Indian province. One species, E. 

 Peter sii, S t e i n d., has been found in Thibet. This is precisely what 

 i might have been expected, the form being principally African. 



8. Euprepes [Tiliqua] carinattts, (Schnei'de r). 



Euprepes rufescens, (Shaw). Giinther Eept. Brit. India, 

 p. 79. E. Seba, JD u m. et B i b r. Erpet. Gen. V. p. 692. Tiliqua 

 rufescens, Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit Mus. p. 109. Euprepes carinatus, 

 (Schneid.), Peters, Monathsberichte Berl. Akad. 1864, p. 50. 



