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Show 156 DR. .1. ANDERSON ON INDIAN REPTILES. | Feb. 21, VARANUS DRACCENA, Linn. ; Gthr. I.e. p. 66. This species also occurs in the Agra district; and I have received a specimen from the Khasi Hills. The latter has eighty-three, and the former eighty-five transverse rows of scales between the gular fold and the groin. TACHYDROMUS HAUOHTONIANUS, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 72. Four pairs of chin-shields, the last as large as the three anterior pairs. Upper labials irregular, 8 + 9 ; eight very narrow lower labials. Six longitudinal series of strongly keeled dorsal scales ; ten longitudinal rows of strongly keeled abdominal scales ; twenty-seven transverse rows from the axil to the inguinal pores. A line of enlarged granules along the lateral margins of the dorsal and ventral scales. Axilla and some distance behind it granular. One pair of inguinal pores at the base of the thigh. A large central anal shield, with two smaller pairs external to it. Upper surface and front of the limbs with large, almost shield-like scales, hinder and under aspect granular. Tail covered with large strongly keeled scales. Upper surface of shady brownish black, disappearing on the middle of the tail. A greenish-yellow band from above and before the eye, along the external series of dorsal scales, disappearing on the base of the tail. A black band from the nostril, through the eye and one-half of the ear, along the granular area of the side, paling to olive-brown posteriorly, and disappearing on the base of the tail. From the lower margin of the ear to the nostril in a straight line, involving the upper labials, and all the under surface of the body is yellow. Limbs vellowish, their upper surface finelv and densely punctulated with brown. Tail yellowish. Length 8" 2'" ; tail 5" 9'". Hab. Goalpara, .Assam. I cannot allow Dr. Jerdon's statement that he had my permission to describe and name this Lizard to pass without comment. I placed the Museum collection of Reptiles at Dr. Jerdon's disposal for comparison ; but I certainly never contemplated that he would make use of the confidence I reposed in him to describe this Lizard without my sanction. TACHYDROMUS SEXLINEATUS (Gthr. I. c. p. 69) is not uncommon in Assam and the Khasi Hills. PSEUDOPUS GRACILIS, Gray ; Gthr. I. c. p. 74. I have received specimens of this species from the undulating country to the east of Dacca, from the Khasi Hills, and Darjeeling (3500 ft.). I obtained it also in the Sanda valley, Western Yunan, at an elevation of 1900 feet. Mr. Blyth purchased his specimens in Rangoon. Its occurrence in these localities, all of which are subject to a heavy rainfall, would seem to indicate that it is partial to moisture. I have since received two other specimens from Darjeeling, one |
