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I am not quite satisfied of the distinctness of Slellio indicus and 

 Laudahia tuherculata, or rather I am inclined to class them with 

 Giinther as one, but unfortunately I did not secure many spe- 

 cimens (for comparison) from different localities. 



Stein dachner' s Stellio hi 'mala y anas, brought byStoliczka 

 from Lad ik and Tibet, is quite distinct, but hardly enters our 

 province. 



From information, recently sent me by Major Beddome, the 

 beautiful Liolepis guttata must be added to the Peninsular Fauna. 

 I sent him a specimen procured by myself at Thayetmyo, and he in 

 reply wrote back that he had recently got this Lizard from Oanara, 

 quite identical with my Burmese specimen. This is a highly in- 

 teresting addition to our Peninsular Reptile Fauna. 



In my Reptiles of Sth. India, under the head of Acanthodactylus 

 Nilgheriensis, I state that I have reasons for believing that that 

 Lizard, and the Chameleon named in my Catalogue as O. pumilus 

 from the Nilgherries, on the authority of Walter Elliot, were most 

 probably Cape species that had somehow got mixed with his In- 

 dian specimens. 



Dr. Stoliczka has pointed out (Proceedings Asiat. Soc. for 

 Jany. 1870, p. 2,) that the ridge on the upper part of the head of 

 the Indian Oh. vulgaris are stronger than in the African form, and 

 that there are no lateral longitudinal bands on the body. These and 

 some other differences are, by no means, opposed to the once current 

 opinion, that the Indian form is specifically distinct from the 

 African, the former having been called Ch. Ceylonicus, Laur. 



Among Ophidian Reptiles I have fewer novelties to point out 

 than in the Saurian or Batrachian Reptiles. 



A considerable number of new species of the curious earth 

 Snakes, chiefly of the families of Uropeltidee, have been added by 

 Major Beddome. The remarkable Xenopeltis unicolor has been 

 obtained in Southern India, as recorded by Theobald. Amidst 

 the multitude of species of the families now known to science, I 

 am not certain to which my three species of Cylindrophis can be 

 referred, but with regard to my placing them in that genus, I have 

 the authority of Dr. Cantor (to whom I referred several of my 

 doubtful species), and whose remarks I now keep in possession. 



