DELMA GRAYII — Smith. 
Reptilia.— Plate 76.— Fig. 2.-2 a, b, & c. 
D superne griseo-brunnea, subtus viridi-flava ; corporis lateribus versus caput, lineis flavis verticalibus 
notatis; palpebris spuriis, circularibus, flavis; extremitatibus postenonbus spurns parvis et com- 
pressis. 
Longitcdo e nasi apice ad anunr 3 unc. 9 lin. ; caud* 9 unc. ; extremitatum posteriorum 1J lin. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head, the back, and the sides, hail 
brown ; the sides towards the head vertically barred with narrow stripes o 
lemon-yellow. The lower lip and the under parts of the head and body, 
greenish white. The under surface of the tail, wine-yellow. A narrow line 
round the eye, lemon-yellow. 
Form, &c Head, subquadrate, the hind-head rather wider than the neck. 
The body and tail slender, subcylindrical, and slightly flattened beneath ; 
the body rather thickest at the head ; the tail tapered gradually from the base, 
and at the extremity very slender and pointed. The nose is narrow and 
rounded. Rostral plate subtriangular, its apex rounded ; nasal plates narrow, 
subquadrangular, and internally contiguous ; naso-rostral plates narrow and 
quadrangular, their inner extremities in contact ; fronto-nasal plates rather 
large, quadrangular, the inner sides in contact, the hinder side shortes . 
Frontal plate large and five-sided, the anterior side slightly projecting between 
the fronto-nasal plates; palpebral plates two; parietal plate single, seven 
sided, and pointed behind. Occipital plates two, subovate, and narrowest 
behind, the outer edge irregular, the inner, which is in contact with its fellow, 
nearly straight. Nostril small, and formed by the nasal, freno-nasal, and 
anterior labial plates; frenal and preocular plates wanting, the place of the 
latter occupied by a number of small scales. Plates of upper lip six, exclusive 
of the rostral plate ; of lower lip four, exclusive of the mental plate, the first 
prolonged inwards, and in contact with its fellow of the opposite side. Eyes 
rather "small ; pupil circular ; eyelids rudimentary, circular, and consist of a 
