MABUIA. 187 



Tail about 1| times length of head and body. Bronzy olive above, 

 sides dark brown ; a light, black-edged streak on each side, from 

 the praefrontal and along the supraciliaries to the anterior third of 

 the back, where it gradually disappears ; a light streak from below 

 the eye to the shoulder ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 2-2 inches ; tail 3'75. 



Hob. Penganga Valley, S.E. Berdr. 



208. Mabuia novemcarinata. 



Euprepes novemcarinatus, Anders. J. A. S. E. xl, 1871, p. 12 ; Theob. 



Cat. p. 51. 

 Mabuia novemcarinata, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 179. 



" Supranasals forming a suture behind the rostral. Eyelid scaly. 

 Prsefrontals and vertical (frontal) meet in a point. Seven upper 

 labials, the fifth the longest. Ear obliquely oval, with two or three 

 strong prominent denticulations ; 32 longitudinal lines of scales 

 round the body and 42 transverse lines between the axils. Scales 

 with 9 keels, the 3 central ones strongly marked. The fore limb 

 reaches to the anterior angle of the eye ; hind limb as long as two 

 thirds of the distance between the axils. Above olive-brown, with 

 4 or 5 narrow longitudinal black lines along the back. A deep brown 

 band from the nostril through the eye and above the ear, along 

 the side and on to the base of the tail, with a moderately [?] white 

 band above far over the supercilium along the side of the back ; 

 another through the upper labials and ear to the shoulder, where 

 it changes into the pale greenish yellow of the side. A very faint 

 broken blackish line from the angle of the mouth to the shoulder, 

 and three or four from behind the fore limb along the side of the 

 belly. Limbs with 5 longitudinal black lines with scattered white 

 spots." 



From snout to vent 3*8 inches ; tail 4*3. 



Hob. Mandalay, Burma. 



209. Mabuia beddomii. 



Euprepes beddomii, Jerdon, P. A. S. E. 1870, p. 73 ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 52. 

 Euprepes (Tiliqua) septemlineatus, Slanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, 



p. 360, pi. xvi, figs. 7, 8 ; Theob. I. c. p. 50. 

 Mabuia beddomii, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 179. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind 

 vertical of suture between rostral and first labial ; no postnasal ; 

 anterior loreal deeper and shorter than the second, in contact with 

 the first labial ; supra nasals in contact behind the rostral ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long, sometimes in contact with the frontal ; the 

 latter usually as long as, or a little shorter than, the frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, sometimes not longer than the fronto- 

 parietals, in contact with the second, or rarely first and second, 

 supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 6 supraciliaries, first 

 longest ; frontoparietals distinct, as long as or longer than the 

 interparietal, which usually entirely separates the parietals; a pair 



