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scales moderate, with 3 distinct keels; frontoparietal and inter- 

 parietal distinct, siibequal, supranasal and frontonasal each conti- 

 guous; eai-s oblong, with 4 veiylow compressed scales in front. 



a, h. Adult, in spirits, partly bleached. Africa. 



d. Younger, in spirits. W. Africa, from the Ethiopie. 



/, </. Young, in spirits. W. Africa, Senegal. Presented by M. 



' Petit. 

 h. Adult, in spirits, partly bleached, throat black, white-spotted. 

 Africa. 



Fellows' Euprepes. Euprepis Fellowsii. 



Olive, back with 2 series of broad 4-sided spots ; temple and 

 sides black, with cross rows of white spots, and with a distinct con- 

 tinued superior and an indistinct interrupted inferior pale streak ; 

 back part of upper lip and lower side of ear, chin and beneath 

 white ; legs and tail black and w^hite spotted ; ear oblong, open, 

 with 3 or 4 short conical scales in front ; supranasal rather broad 

 contiguous, internasal broad, interparietal triangular, moderate, 

 longer than the frontoparietals, parietals 2, rather small; tail elon- 

 gate, rather compressed at the base. 



a — d. Adult and half-grown, in spirits. Xanthus. Presented 

 by Charles Fellows, Esq. 



The Seven-streaked Eupeepes. Euprepis septeratseniatus, 

 Rms. Mus. Senck. i. 47, t. 3, /. 1. Ihim. et Bib. E. G. v. 680. 

 Tiliqua Ruppellii, Cod. Tab. Scincus pavimentus, Geoff. Rept. 

 Egypt. ? 



Back with many alternate black and yellow streaks ; ear oval, 

 large, with 3 or 4 small lobules in front ; scales of the back nearly 

 smooth, with 3 scarcely visible keels, of the under side of the toes 

 smooth ; palm and soles with conical tubercles ; tail slender. 



Inhab. Abyssinia. Mus. Frankf. (Mus. Paris, 2 specimens). 



The Quaker Euprepes. Euprepis inornata. 



Pale yellow brown, scales rather darker edged, sides rather 

 paler, chin and beneath whitish ; head-shields brown ; cheeks and 

 sides of the throat with a few oblong whitish spots ; ear oblong, 

 with 3 or 4 short compressed lobules in front ; scales with 3 dis- 

 tinct parallel keels ; palm and soles with conical tubercles ; tail 

 elongate, rather compressed. Very like Tiliqua carinata. 



a. Adult, in spirits. ? Presented by A. MacLeay, Esq. 



ffff Scales S-keeled, moderate. Ears icith long lobules in front. 



Heremites. 



The Streaked Euprepes. Euprepis vittatus. Scincus vit- 

 tatus, Oliv. Voy. ii. 58, t. 29, /. 1. Audouin, Rept. Egypt, i. 178, 

 t. 2,/. 5. S. Jomardii, Audouin, Rept. Egypt, i. 178, t. 2, /'. 0. 



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