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Show 206 DR. J. ANDERSON ON INDIAN REPTILES. [Feb. 21, Pale plumbeous brown above (in spirit) ; in some a very obscure pale line along the lateral fold ; a dark brown band from the eye along the side, with a darker margin below the glandular fold. On the sides in some, below this band, a few dark-brown spots between the axils, tending to form a second dark band, separated from the other by a broad pale interval. A dark line from the eye to the snout; upper lip dark anteriorly, paling to yellowish on the glands behind the mouth. Under surface dirty yellowish, obscurely spotted with brown in some ; two longitudinal lateral brown streaks on the throat and thorax ; back of the thighs and under surface of the legs strongly marbled with blackish over a yellowish ground ; upper surface of thighs finely reticulately barred, and legs broadly barred with brownish ; under surface of thighs brown-spotted. Snout from ant. No. Length of body. angle of eye. Hind limb. 1 2" 0'" 4x" 3" 2'" 2 19 •& 3 0 3 U. & 3 0 No. 1 is Blyth's type. This species is closely allied to R. macu-laria, Blyth, from which it is distinguished by its shorter and less pointed snout, smaller feet, and coloration. This species inhabits Pegu. HYLORANA NICOBARIENSIS, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xxxix. p. 150, pl. 9. fig. 2. Habit slender. Snout rather narrow and tapering ; upper jaw projecting but little beyond the lower; canthus rostralis triangular, rounded, with the nostril slightly below it, and much nearer the end of the snout than the eye ; loreal region longitudinally concave ; tympanum distinct, nearly as large as the eye. Vomerine teeth on two short feebly developed slightly oblique processes near the internal margin of the choanae, but separated by a wide interspace. Tongue cordate, pointed anteriorly, and not very deeply notched. Disks small. Limbs slender and rather long. The first finger is almost as long as the fourth, and is about the same length as the second ; the third is about one-third longer than the fourth. Subarticular tubercles large. From the vent to the heel is a little shorter than the body. The fourth toe is a little less than one-half of the body. Two rather small metatarsal tubercles; the inner one short and oblong, and the outer one round and but little smaller than the former. Toes rather feebly webbed, the membrane reaching to the extremities of the third and fifth toes. Skin quite smooth. Dr. Stoliczka gives the following measurements of the two largest specimens :- S in. Length of body 2 Distance from vent to heel .. 1-j-f Length of fourth toe -f| Total length of hind limb .. 3 j% in. m k 3A |