114 REPTILES. 



5. auriculatus, Gravenh. Mus. Berol. EuprepesOlivieri, Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. V. 674. Lacerta rufescens, var. Shaw, Zool. iii. 285. 

 Merrem, Tent. 71. Tiliqua suhrufa, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 289. 



Olive, with 4 interrupted series of irreg'ular brown spots, with 

 yellow streaks on each side ; head-shields hrown-edged ; ears mo- 

 derate, oval, with 2 or 3 long lobules in front ; scales of the back 

 and tail 3-keeled ; preanal scales equal. 



a. Half-grown, in spirits Cape of Good Hope. Presented by 

 Dr. J. Lee. 



6, c. Half-grown, in spirits, rather bleached. S. Africa. Dr. 



Shaw's specimens. 



f ttft Scales 5- or 7 -keeled, moderate. Ears open, with short lobules 



in front. 



The Spotted-lipped Eu pre pes. Euprepis maculilabris. 



Dark olive, black-varied on the edge of the scales, with a se- 

 ries of very distant small yellow spots on each side ; cheeks and 

 sides black, with a few small spots beneath, with a yellow streak 

 from under the eyes, extending to the base of the fore legs ; lip- 

 shields dark, with a central yellow spot ; chin and beneath white, 

 varied with the dark edges of the scales ; scales broad, 6-sided, 

 with 5 distinct keels, of the vent rather larger ; ears oblong, with 

 several rather larger granules in front; the palm and sales with 

 rounded tubercles ; tail elongate, rather compressed. 

 a. In spirits, wants end of tail. W. Africa. From Mr. Raddon's 



collection. 



The Blue-bellied Euprepes. Euprepis cyanogaster. Scin- 

 cus oxyrhynchus, Peron, Mus. Par. S, cyanogaster, Lesson, Voy. 

 Coq. 47, t. 3,/. 3. Psammite du Geographe, Coct. Tab. Eupre- 

 pes Sechellensis, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 682. 



Bronzed, black-dotted, with a whitish-edged black streak on 

 each side ; ears moderate, rounded, with 2 small scales in front ; 

 scales of the back and tail 5- or 7-keeled, of the under side of the 

 toes smooth ; palm and soles with small flat tubercles ; tail slen- 

 der, compressed at the end. 



Inhab. Sechelle Islands. Mus. Paris. 



tttttt Scales 6-keeled, moderate. Ears ivith long lobules in front. 



Bibron's Euprepes. Euprepis Bibronii, Dum. etBib.E. G. 

 V. 675. Tiliqua Bibronii, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 290. Rachite de 

 Bibron, Coct. Tab. 



Fulvous or olive, black- edged white vertebral streak, the sides 

 dark brown, with 2 white streaks below, the upper one from the 

 front of the upper lip ; ears large, with 2 or 3 long lobules in front ; 

 scales of the back and tail 6-keeled, of the under side of the toes 

 smooth ; soles and palm covered with small rounded tubercles. 



a. Half-grown, male. S. Africa. 



