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spots ; a broad blackish lateral baud, from the tip of the snout, 

 passing through tlie eye aud above the ear, to the base of the tail; 

 whitish beneath (pale green in life). 



From snout to vent 98 uiillim. ; tail 110. 



Originally described from Mandalay, Burma, this species has 

 been rediscovered by Capt. Flower on Penang Hill, at an altitude 

 of 2200 ft. 



82. Maljuia macularia. 



Euprepes macularius, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxii, p. 652 



(1853). 

 Euprepes brevis, Giinth. P.Z.S. 1875, p. 225. 

 Mabuia macularia, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 182 (1887) ; id. Faim. 



Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 190 (1890) ; id. Fascic. Malay., Zool. i, p. 158 



(1903). 

 3Iahuia brevis, Bouleng. Cat. t. c. p. 183, pi. xi, fig. 1 (1887). 



Postnasal usually absent ; anterior loreal deeper aud shorter 

 than second ; frontonasal in contact with the rostral and usually 

 with the frontal ; four supraoculars, five supraciliaries ; inter- 

 parietal entirely separating the i)arietals ; 4 (exceptionally 3) 

 labials anterior to the subociilar. Ear-opening oval, as large as or a 

 little larger or a little smaller than a lateral scale, with or without 

 a few very indistinct lobules anteriorly. 26 to 30 scales I'ound 

 the body, dorsals with 5 to 7 sharp keels. Scales on tibia mostly 

 bicarinate. The adpressed limbs meet or overlap. Brown or 

 olive-brown above, sides darker and usually with white black- 

 edged spots ; back uniform or black-spotted, or with one or two 

 black longitudinal lines; sometimes two light lateral lines on each 

 side, well marked only on the neck ; lower parts yellowish. 



From snout to vent 65 millim. ; tail 85. 



India, Burma, Indo-China, Siam. Eare in the Malay Peninsula 

 (Biserat, Jalor), 



83. Mabuia rugifera. 



Tiliqua rwjifera, Stoliczka, Journ. x\siat. Soc. Bengal, xxxix, p. 170, 



pi. X, fig.'3 (1870). 

 Mabuia ruyifera, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 184 (1887); id. Faun. 



Brit. Ind., Ptept. p. 190 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 645 ; 



Annandale, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) i, p. 141 (1905). 



Postnasal usually absent ; anterior loreal not deeper and much 

 smaller than second; frontonasal largely in contact with the 

 rostral, and nearly always with the frontal ; four supraoculars, 6 

 (rarely 5) supraciliaries ; interparietal entirely separating the 

 parietals ; 4 or 5 labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening 

 very small, oval, with pi'ojectiug granules round its border. 26 

 scales round the body, dorsals with 5 very strong keels. Scales 

 on tibia bicarinate. The hind limb reaches the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Dark olive brown above, usually with 5 or 7 



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