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REPTILES. 



of the nasal shield, supranasal 2. Lower eyelid with a transpa- 

 rent disk. Palate not toothed, with a triangular notch behind. 

 Ears moderate, open, simple. Body fusiform. Limbs 4, mode- 

 rate. Toes 5-5, elongate. Scales smooth. Tail conical, acute. 

 Preanal scales subequal. 



* Frontoparietal plates separate. 

 t Transparent disk of eyelid rather posterior. Internasal discoidal. 



Sloane's Mabouya. Mabouya Sloanei. Scincus Sloanei, 

 Daud. R. iv. 287, t. 55, /. 2. Pr. Max. Ahhild. t. Sloane, Jam. 

 ii. 332, t. 273, /. 5. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 639. Scincus Ei- 

 chardii, Coct. Miis. Par. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 292. 



Back with 4 black streaks from the end of the muzzle, 2 mid- 

 dle extending to the middle of the body, and the side ones to above 

 the thighs ; the internasal plate half discoidal, frontonasal 5-sided, 

 contiguous, frontal elongated behind, frontoparietal and interpari- 

 etal equal-sized; ears moderate, simple; tail rounded; preanal 

 scales moderate, equal. 



Inhab. Jamaica. Mus. Paris. 



ff Transparent disk of the eyelid central. Internasal rhombic. 



The Two-lined Mabouya. Mabouya agilis, Fitz. Rept. 32. 

 Scincus agilis, Raddi, Soc. Ital. xix. 62. S. bistriatus and S. ni- 

 gropunctatus, Spix, Braz. 23, t. 26, f 1,2. Tiliqua Spixii, Coct. 

 Tab. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 642, (not syn. Gray). Tiliqua albo- 

 labris. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 292. 



Bronze, black-dotted, with a white-edged black streak on each 

 side ; internasal plate rhombic, as long as broad, the front part of 

 the frontal with 2 sides ; ear moderate, slightly covered above 

 with the scales of the temple ; soles of feet with flat subequal tu- 

 bercles ; eyes small, 



a. In spirits. Tropical America. 



b. In spirits. Jamaica, " in holes in rocks." Presented by R. 



He ward, Esq. 



c. In spirits, bleached. 



The Bronzed Mabouya. Mabouya asnea. Tiliqua senea. 

 Gray, Griffith. A. K. ix. 70. Ann. N. H. ii. 292. Scincus laevi- 

 gatus, Guilding, MSS. 



Bronzed, black-spotted, w'ith a broad black streak on each side, 

 edged above and below by a narrow interrupted white streak ; in- 

 ternasal plate rhombic, broader than long, frontal shield with 2 

 angles in front, acute in the middle ; ears moderate, slightly co- 

 vered above by the end of the temple-scales; eyes large. 



a. In spirits. W. Indies. 



b. In spirits. St. Vincent's. From the Rev. L. Guilding's col- 



lection. 



