SCINCID^. 29 



Mabuia aenea Gray^ 1845. 



Supranasals separate ; parietals separate ; nuchals one 

 pair ; four supraorbitals ; iive labials in front of the sub- 

 orbital, sometimes four ; scales feebly striate, in twenty- 

 eight to thirty rows, fifty-four to fifty-eight from chin to 

 vent. 



St. Vincent ; Grenada ; Trinidad. 



Mabuia agilis liadd. ; Filz. 



Supranasals in contact; parietals in contact; nuchals 

 one pair; four supraorbitals; four labials in front of sub- 

 orbital ; scales in thirty rows, stride faint, fifty-four to fifty- 

 six scales from chin to vent. 



Rio Janeiro, Para and Villa Bella, Brazil. 



Mabuia aurata Sclin. ; Ptrs. 



Supranasals usually separated ; parietals in contact ; 

 nuchals one pair ; four supraorbitals ; four labials in front 

 of the suborbital; scales smooth, in twenty-eight to thirty 

 roAvs, fifty-eight to sixty-two from chin to vent. 



Rio Janeiro and Goyaz, Brazil, to Turbo, Chagres River 

 and Nicaragua on the Isthmus. 



The ']^ specimens from which the foregoing notes have 

 been taken are in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Cambridge, Mass., IT. S. A. 



