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in Calotes versicolor, and I observed thorn at the same time of \ 

 in May. At other times of the year the coloration in the living 

 animal is brownish grey, with irregular blackish marks on the 

 sides and back, those on the latter having sometimes an imperfect 

 lozenge shape, and with dark cross bands on the upper part of the 

 tail. 



Charasia dorsalis is rarely seen except on high rocks, and is 

 especially met with on hills of granitoid gneiss, which usually con- 

 sists of enormous detached blocks piled upon each other. I did 

 not find it on the sandstone hills of Bilaspur, although they have 

 precipitous sides. I have found this lizard both in forest countries 

 and in open places, but always with the same habitat. It not 

 unfrequently, if pursued, takes refuge on a tree. I obtained spe- 

 cimens chiefly by shooting them, as the localities they inhabit are 

 frequently rather difficult of access and abound in narrow clefts, 

 into which these lizards escape. I onco saw one with a large green 

 beetle, a Cetonia, in its mouth. 



The largest specimen obtained by me is 9J inches long, of which 

 the tail measured from the anus is 6 J. The nostril is a little farther 

 back than in Nilgiri specimens, but the difference is trifling. 



Zoc. I have seen this lizard once, I believe, in S. E. Berar where 

 it is certainly very rare, probably because no suitable habitat exists. 

 I found it common on a rocky hill about 60 miles west of Eaipiir, 

 and abundant thence to the eastward, in suitable places, in Chhatis- 

 garh, Uclipdr and Jashpiir, and near Kanchi and Hazaribagh. I 

 have also met with it, I believe, in former years, near the Goda- 

 very. 



Ophidia. 

 20. Typhlops braminus, D a u d. var. Paadieces. 



T. tenuis Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 176, PI. XYI, fig. C. 

 T. pammeces, id. app. 



A single small specimen was found under a stone. It is nearly 

 six inches long and about three millemetres or barely one-eighth of 

 an inch thick, so that the thickness is little more than one-fiftieth of 

 the length. The rostral shield is considerably narrower in front 

 than behind, but the general form of the head shields is the same. 



