184 SCINCID,E. 



b'. A postnasal, separated from the 

 nasal by a suture just behind 

 nostril ; dorsal scales tricarinate. 

 a". 30 to 34 scales round body .... M. multifasciata, p. 191. 



b". 26 scales round body M. tytleri, p. 191. 



c. Dorsal scales 4-keeled M. quadricarinata, p. 192. 



203. Mabuia bibronii. 



Tiliqua bibronii, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii, 1838, p. 290. 



Euprepis trilineatus, Gray, A. M. N. H. xviii, 1846, p. 430 ; Gil-nth. 



Rept. B. I. p. 81 ; Theob. Cat. p. 52. 

 Mabuia bibronii, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 173. 



Snout short, obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical of the suture between 

 the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior loreal not or 

 but slightly in contact with the first labial ; frontonasal a little 

 broader than long, usually in contact with the rostral and the 

 frontal ; the latter longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the second supraocular only ; 4 supra- 

 oculars, second very large ; normally 5 supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, usually longer than the interparietal ; parietals 

 very short, entirely separated, transversely bisected ; two pairs of 

 nuchals ; subocular between the fourth and fifth upper labials, twice 

 as long as these shields, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening 

 small, oval, with two long pointed lobules, upper largest. Dorsal, 

 nuchal, and lateral scales with from 5 to 7 sharp keels ; 28 to 30 

 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The hind 

 limb reaches the wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. 

 Subdigital lamellae smooth. Tail 1| or lg times length of head 

 and body. Olive above ; a yellowish vertebral band, broadly edged 

 with black, beginning on the vertex, sometimes indistinct on the 

 hinder part of the body, which may be spotted with yellowish ; a 

 black dorso-lateral band, beginning from the eye, edged below by a 

 whitish narrower band, which is again edged with black ; sometimes 

 a second light band, extending from axilla to groin. Lower surfaces 

 whitish. 



From snout to vent 1-75 inches ; tail 2*25. 



Hob. Carnatic. 



204. Mabuia doriae. 

 Mabuia doriae, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 174, pi. x,fig. 4. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 

 parent disk. Nostril behind the vertical of the suture between the 

 rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior loreal just touch- 

 ing the first labial ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

 frontonasal broader than long, in contact with the frontal ; the latter 

 longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact 

 with the second supraocular only ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 

 7 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, about as large as the 

 interparietal, which entirely separates the parietals ; a pair of 

 nucbals ; subocular between the fourth and fifth upper labials, not 



