188 SCIXCID.E. 



of nuchals ; 4 labials anterior to the subocular, which is large and 

 not narrower below. Ear-opening oval, as large as a lateral scale, 

 or a little smaller, with three short pointed lobules anteriorly. 

 Dorsal and nuchal scales with 3 or 5 keels, sometimes very feeble ; 

 30 to 32 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The 

 adpressed limbs meet or slightly overlap. Subdigital lamellae 

 unicarinate. Scales on npper surface of tibia mostly tricarinate. 

 Tail If to 2^ times the length of head and body. The coloration 

 varies considerably, but a lateral black band, edged above and below 

 with a whitish streak, is constant. Some (young) specimens black 

 above, with seven light longitudinal lines ; others olive-brown with 

 four black dorsal streaks, which may not extend further back than 

 the nape ; or a light black-edged vertebral band may be present ; 

 head-shields spotted or variegated with black ; limbs and tail 

 rufous ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 2-2 inches ; tail 4*75. 



Hob. Southern India, Salem, Tinnevelly, Malabar, Mysore, &c., 

 the most northern locality known being S.E. Berar. 



210. Mabuia vertebralis. 



Tiliqua trivittata (non Gray), Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 478. 



Euprepes trivittatus, Theob. Cat. p. 50. 



Maouia vertebralis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 180. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind ver- 

 tical of suture between rostral and first labial ; no postnasal ; 

 anterior loreal in contact with the first labial, much deeper and 

 shorter than the second ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

 frontonasal broader than long ; praefrontals forming a short median 

 suture ; frontal as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the first and second supraocukars ; 4 

 supraoculars, second largest ; 6 supraciliaries, first largest ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, longer than the interparietal, which entirely 

 separates the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; 4 labials anterior to 

 the subocular, which is twice as large as the neighbouring labials, 

 and not narrowed below. Ear-opening oval, nearly horizontal, 

 with 2 or 3 scarcely projecting lobules. Nuchal and dorsal scales 

 with 3 or 5 keels ; 34 or 36 scales round the body, subequal. The 

 adpressed hind limb reaches the wrist of the adpressed fore limb. 

 Subdigital lamellae smooth. Scales on upper surface of tibia mostly 

 bicarinate. Tail 1| times length of head and body. Olive-brown 

 above, with three pale black-edged longitudinal bands; a light 

 lateral streak from the ear to the tail ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 2-5 inches ; tail 3-5. 



Hob. Deccan (Poona, Jalna, Belgaum, and perhaps Nagpur). 



211. Mabuia carinata. 



Scincus carinatus, part., Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii, p. 183. 

 Euprepes rufescens, part., Giinth. JRept. B. 1. p. 79, pi. x, fig. B. 

 Euprepes carinatus, Theob. Cat. p. 49 ; Murr. Zool. Sind, p. 351. 

 Mabuia carinata, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 181. 



