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14. — EUMECES BRUNNEUS. 



Body robust and somewhat flat ; tail thick, conical, longer than 

 the body ; legs and toes short and strong ; muzzle short ; supra- 

 nasal plates distant ; fronto-nasals also distant ; frontal elongated 

 behind ; fifth upper labial largest ; ear openings oval, with four 

 denticulations in front ; scales rather large, those on the back and 

 sides with dark edges ; colour, brown above, brownish yellow 

 beneath. Length, 12 to 13 inches. 



This species was taken at Darnley Island, where it seems to be 

 rather abundant. 



15. — Mabouia $iarmorata. 



Body moderately robust and flat ; head flat ; supranasal plates 

 distant ; internasal large, pentagonal, as long as broad ; fronto- 

 nasals subtetragonal, not contiguous ; frontal pentagonal, rounded 

 and not much produced behind ; fronto-parietal single, less pro- 

 duced behind than in front, with a small subtriangular interpa- 

 rietal ; fifth upper labial largest ; a groove behind the nostril ; 

 ear openings small, oval, not denticulated ; scales smooth, in 

 about 12 series on the back ; legs strong ; toes moderately 

 elongate ; tail about the length of the body ; colour, above 

 greenish brown mottled with black, the sides darker, beneath 

 greyish white, getting darker on the tail. Length, 8 inches. 



One specimen from Long Island, in Torres Straits. 



16. — Mabouia uniformis. 



Of rather elongate form ; head short and somewhat flat ; supra- 

 nasal plates narrow and distant ; fronto-nasals distant ; frontal 

 elongate and rounded behind ; fronto-parietals 2, smaller than the 

 interparietal ; none of the upper labials much larger than the 

 others ; ear openings slightly oval, with three or four small den- 

 ticulations in front ; scales on the back in about six series ; legs 

 rather slender ; anterior toes short, posterior moderately elongate ; 

 colour above uniform bronzy brown, beneath yellowish white ; 

 three or four dark blue bands extend from the upper labials t 

 beneath the head. Length, 8 inches. 



One specimen from Cocoanut Island, Torres Straits. 





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