102 Description of New or little known 



relates to Mohammed's causing it to rain at the entreaty of 

 Salykkhn. 



The forty-third chapter, consisting of nineteen stanzas, states 

 the restoration of the sight of a blind man by Mohammed. 



The forty-fourth chapter, consisting of eighteen stanzas, 

 relates to the revealing of the 58th chapter of the Koran, at the 

 instance of Khawla, wife of Aws ibm Al Samat, who being 

 divorced by her husband by saying " Thou art to me as my 

 mother," came to ask Mohammed's opinion whether they were 

 necessarily obliged to a separation. 



The forty -fifth chapter, consisting of one hundred and 

 thirteen stanzas, relates to Mohammed's expedition to Umra. 



The forty-sixth chapter, consisting of one hundred stanzas, 

 treats of the hostilties of Salma. 



The forty-seventh chapter, consisting of seventeen stanzas, 

 gives an account of the tribe of Urani. 



Description of New or little known species of Reptiles found in 

 Ceylon, by E. F. Kelaart, M.D., F.L.S. 



Order. Saura. 



TRIBE. GEISSOSAURA. 



FAM. ACOOTIAS, (ACONTIADJE.) 



Head small, shielded. Muzzle conical. Rostral rather 

 large, cup-shaped, internasal short, frontal large, frontopa- 

 rietal none, interparietal triangular, moderate. Eyes distinct. 

 Eyelids, lower well developed, upper small or wanting. 

 Nostrils in the middle of the side of the rostral shield, with 

 a slit to its hinder edge. Tongue scaly, imbricate, nicked at 



