190 SCINCID^E. 



Euprepes brevis, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 225. 



Euprepes subumcolor, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlviii. 1879, p. 112. 



Mabuia niacularia, Boideng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 182. 



Mabuia brevis, Bouleny. 1. c. p. 183, pi. xi, fig. 1. 



Snout short, obtusely keeled, acuminate. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Nostril behind vertical of suture between rostral and first labial ; 

 no postnasal ; anterior loreal deeper and shorter than second ; 

 front onasal as long as broad or a little broader than long, in con- 

 tact with the rostral and usually also with the frontal ; latter as 

 long as the frontoparietals and interparietal together or a little 

 longer, in contact with the second, or first and second, supra- 

 oculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 5 supraciliaries, third long- 

 est ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal, \vhich 

 entirely separates the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; 4, exceptionally 

 3, labials anterior to the subocular, which is large and not narrowed 

 below. Ear-opening oval, as large as a lateral scale, or a little 

 smaller, with or without a few very indistinct lobules anteriorly. 

 Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales with 5 to 7 sharp keels ; 26 to 30 

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

 limbs meet or overlap. Digits short ; subdigital lamellae smooth. 

 Scales on upper surface of tibia mostly bicarinate. Tail 1| to 1| 

 times the length of head and body. Brown or olive-brown above, 

 sides darker and usually with white black-edged spots ; back 

 uniform, or black-spotted, or with one or two black longitudinal 

 lines ; sometimes two light lateral lines on each side, well marked 

 only on the neck ; lower surfaces yellowish (in spirit). 



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



Hab. Ceylon, Peninsular India, Cutch, Sind, Bengal, Burma, 

 Indo-China. 



This species is stated by Theobald to be oviparous, whilst its 

 close ally M. carinata is, like most Scincoids, viviparous. 



213. Mabuia rugifera. 



Tiliqua rugifera, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 170, pi. x, 



fig. 3 ; Theob. Cat. p. viii. 

 Mabuia rugifera, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 184. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind 

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

 anterior loreal not deeper but much smaller than second ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long, largely in contact with the rostral and 

 with the frontal : the latter shield longer than the frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 6 supraciliaries, first 

 largest ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal ; a 

 pair of nuchals ; 5 (or 4) labials anterior to the subocular, which 

 is large and not narrower below. Ear-opening very small, oval, 

 horizontal, with projecting granules round its border. Dorsal, 

 nuchal, and lateral scales very strongly quinquecarinate ; 26 scales 



