LIZARDS. 95 



The Mabouya. Mabouya Cepedii. Scincus Mabouya, Coct. 

 Mus. Par. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 647, not syn. Tiliqua Cepe- 

 dii, Coct. Tab. 



Bronzed, black-dotted, with a broad black streak on each side 

 and a pale streak from the lip under the ear to the shoulder ; the 

 internasal plate rhombic, rather broader than long, the front end 

 of the frontal truncated so as to have 6 sides ; the ears moderate, 

 slightly covered with the temple-scales above. 



a. In spirits. Brazils. 



The Indian Mabouya. Mabouya elegans. 



Olive brown, back with 6 narrow brown streaks of close dots, 

 and with a broad silveiy streak on each side, sides brown, tail pale 

 brown, uniform; legs with series of minute brown dots ; fronto- 

 parietal and interparietal plates distinct, pale-edged, frontal plate 

 broad, very short in front, internasal rather broader than long, su- 

 pranasal triangular, contiguous, frontonasal lateral, separate; ears 

 small, round, simple-edged. 



a. Young, in spirits. India. Presented by Joseph Wright, Esq. 



Like Riopa HarduickU, p. 96, but fusiform, and the pale 

 streaks are wider apart. 



** Frontoparietal plate single, (2 united). Emoia. 

 •j- Interpanetal plate distinct from the frontoparietal. 



The Black-sided Emo. Mabouya atrocostatus. Scincus atro- 

 costatus, Lesson, Voy. Cog. ii. 50, t. 4,/. 3. Tiliqua Freycinetii, 

 Coct. Tab. Dum. et^ Bib. E. G. v. 648. 



Bronzed, black-dotted, sides black, white-dotted ; the interpa- 

 rietal plate distinct; the ^scales under the toes broad, smooth; pre- 

 anal scales moderate ; ears with a solitary scale in front. 



Inhab. Isle Yanicoro and Oualan. Mus. Paris. 



Carteret's Emo. Mabouya Carteretii. Eumeces Carteretii, 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 651. 



Chocolate brown, beneath white ; interparietal shield distinct ; 

 scales on the toes very narrow, numerous; ears moderate, circular, 

 \n\\\ a free produced scale in front. 



Inhab. New Ireland. Mus. Paris, 1 spec. 



If Interparietal plate united to the frontoparietal. 



Baudin's Emo. Mabouya Baudinii. Eumeces Baudinii, 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 653. 



Back brown bronzed, sides of the neck and body black, white- 

 dotted, sides black and white dotted ; the interparietal plate want- 

 ing ; ears large, circular, simple in front. 



Inhab. New Guinea. Mus. Paris, 3 specimens. 



