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Eumeces Himalayanus is identical with B 1 y t h ' s Mocoa SHcimensisj 

 which has thus a wider distribution, for which Giinther's name 

 would have been more appropriate, than the local but prior name 

 ofBlyth. 



Theobald has described fCat. Bep. Asiat. Mus. p. 25) a 

 curious Scink as Pleistodon ( 'Eumeces J scutatus, the locality of which 

 was unknown. I procured one specimen of this interesting form 

 in the Alpine Punjab, on the route from Jhelum into Kashmir. 



Major Beddome has sent me- specimens of a form of Euprepes 

 which comes under Giinther's first section Atewchosaurus, dis^ 

 tinguished among other points by the two-keeled scales. He 

 names this Ateuchosaurus Travancoricus, having first obtained it in 

 the Travancore hills, but has since found, it in Malabar, and S-. 

 Canara, though rare. I procured it many years ago in Malabar, and 

 noticed it at page 479 of Vol. XXII of the Journal, without de- 

 scribing it, as the specimen was unfortunately lost, but I took a 

 sketch of it which I still possess. It is a small species, (vide Mad. 

 Med. Journ. 1870, No. 1, p. 33). 



The same indefatigable naturalist has also recently procured 

 Euprepes trilineatus, Gray, only hitherto obtained by myself 

 from one locality, and a second very closely allied species which I 

 have called Euprepes Beddomei. It differs from trilineatus in its 

 shorter, much more elevated head, with correspondingly shorter 

 muzzle, in the upper labial shields posterior to the eye being larger 

 and higher, in the median occipital plate being pointed instead of 

 truncated behind, in the larger number of body scales, the smaller 

 size of the spines, bordering the anterior edge of the ear, and 

 in having 5 instead of 3 pale bands which extend well on to the 

 base of the tail. 



The imperfect specimen of Tiliqua trivittata, Gray, of Central 

 India, presented by myself, still exists in the Museum here, and is 

 evidently a distinct species from T. rufescens (or carinata, Schneid.) 

 ef which it is classed as a variety by G u n t h e r, differing, as 

 Theobald, remarked by its 5-keeled scales. Its head also i« 

 shorter and higher, and there are some other points of difference. 



Neither Major Beddome nor myself have found an identified 

 Lygosoma Dussumierii of D. and B., from the Malabar Coast, which 



