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twice as long as these shields, not narrowed below. Ear-opening 

 a little smaller than eye-opening, with 2 or 3 long pointed lobules, 

 upper largest. Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales with 7 or 9 sharp 

 keels, two of which are stronger than the others ; 34 scales round 

 the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The hind limb reaches the 

 wrist of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamellae smooth. Pale 

 olive above, with 4 longitudinal series of small blackish spots on 

 the body ; a broad blackish-brown lateral band beginning from the 

 nostril and passing through the eye ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 2-5 inches. 



Hab. Menhla, Upper Burma. 



205. Mabuia dissimilis. 



Tiliqua trivittata, Gray, Zool. Journ. iii, 1827, p. 227 ; id. III. Ind. 



Zool. ii, pi. Ixxvi. 

 Euprepis dissimilis, Hallow. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. (2) xi, 1857, 



p. 78. 

 Euprepes monticola, Giinth. Sept. B. I. p. 80, pi. x, fig. C ; Theub.Cat. 



p. 52. 



Euprepes petersi, SteindacJin. Novara, Kept. p. 43 ; Theob. 1. c. p. 53. 

 Euprepes guentheri, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlviii, 1879, p. 123. 

 Mabuia dissimilis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 175. 



Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided semi- 

 transparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical of the suture between 

 the rostral and the first labial ; no postnasal ; anterior loreal in 

 contact with the first labial ; supranasals in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal broader than long ; praefrontals forming a 

 median suture ; frontal in contact with the second supraocular only 

 (exceptionally with the first as well) ; 4 supraoculars, second 

 largest; 6 supraciliaries ; frontopariefcals distinct, usually nearly as 

 long as the frontal, and larger than the interparietal, which en- 

 tirely separates the parietals ; usually no distinct nuchals ; 4, sel- 

 dom 5, labials anterior to the subocular, which is about twice 

 as long as the neighbouring shields and not narrowed below. 

 Ear-opening oval, larger than a lateral scale, smaller than the eye- 

 opening, with 3 or 4 short pointed lobules anteriorly. Dorsal 

 scales strongly bicarinate, nuchals and laterals tricarinate ; 34 to 

 36 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The adpressed 

 limbs overlap. Toes short ; subdigital lamellae smooth. Tail about 

 1| times length of head and body. Olive or brownish above, black- 

 spotted, and with 3 more or less distinct light longitudinal streaks, 

 the vertebral sometimes absent ; flanks white-spotted ; a short 

 horizontal white streak below the eye ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 3| inches ; tail 5J. 



Hab. Plains of Northern India, from Sind to Bengal, also in the 

 Western Himalayas (Chamba). 



206. Mabuia septemtseiiiata. 



Euprepis septemtaeniatus, Reuss, Mus. Senckenb. i, p. 47, pi. iii, 

 fig. 1 ; Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, p. 388 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 352. 

 Mabuia septemtseniata, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 177. 



