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edge. Preanal shield single, posterior, large, with 1 or 2 series of 

 smaller ones round it. 



* Lotver eyelid tvith 2 transparent plates. 



The Dotted Mesalina. Mesalina Pardalis. Lacerta par- 

 dalis, Licht. Douh. 99. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 312. Scrapteira 

 punctulata, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 281. 



The collar subcrenated, subangular, fixed in the middle to the 

 chest, free on the sides ; ear not toothed in front ; lower eyelid with 

 2 transparent plates, forming an elongated spot ; scales of the back 

 rhombic, conic, not imbricate ; ventral shields 10-rowed ; preanal 

 plate large, edged with 2 rows of scales, the outer largest. 



a, b. In spirits. N. Africa. From the Berlin Museum. 



** Loicer eyelid pellucid, scaly. 



The Red-spotted Mesalina. Mesalina rubropunctata. La- 

 certa rubropunctata, Licht. Doub. 100. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 

 297. Scrapteira sabulosa (nebulosa). Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 281. 



Greyish green, with 3 rows of black spots; tail with a row of 

 black spots on each side ; ear not toothed in front ; collar even, of 

 9 or 11 small scales ; lower eyelid with a central larger and 2 or 3 

 smaller half-transparent plates ; scales of the back minute, smooth, 

 convex, with intervening grannies; ventral shields square, sube- 

 qilal, in 12 straight series; preanal plate central, with 2 series of 

 smaller scales. 



a — d. In spirits. Egypt. Presented by Sir. J. G. Wilkinson. 

 e. Young, in spirits. N. Africa. From the Berlin Museum. 

 Mesalina Lichtensteinii, Gray, Ann. N. H.\. 282. 



14. Cab RITA, Gray. Callosaura, Dum. et Bib. 



Nostrils on the muzzle-ridge, between a superior and inferior 

 rather swollen nasal plates, with a small hinder nasal. Upper eye- 

 lid short, lower large, with a transparent disk. Collar none, with 

 a small fold in front of each shoulder. Throat-fold indistinct. 

 Scales of the back rhomboidal, keeled, imbricate. Ventral shields 

 4-sided, smooth. Preanal shield single, surrounded by smaller 

 ones Femoral pores distinct. Toes 5-5, slightly compressed, 

 keeled beneath, not toothed on the sides. 



The Cabrite, Cabrila Leschenaultii. Lacerta Leschenaultii, 

 Ediu. Ann. S. N. xvi. 80. 86, t. 6, /. 9. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 

 284. Cabrita brunnea, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 282. 



Brown, with 2 white streaks on each side; temple covered with 

 small, equal, hexagonal, keeled, subimbricate scales; ventral shields 

 6-rowed, the middle row on each side largest; femoral pores 15-16, 



Inhab. India. Mus. Bell. Coromandel. Mus. Paris. 



