150 sciNCiD.f:. 



large, forming a median suture ; frontal a little shorter than fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact ■vrith the three an- 

 terior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six supra- 

 ciliaries ; interparietal much narrower than the frontoparietals, 

 entirely separating the parietals ; a pair of large nuchals ; fifth 

 upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening a little 

 larger than the eye-opening, with three projecting lobules ante- 

 riorly. Scales very small, dorsals and laterals bicarinate, ventrals a 

 little larger and smooth ; 106 (to 113) scales round the middle of 

 the body. Prasanal scales a little enlarged. The adpressed limbs 

 slightly overlap. Tail cylindrical (as long as head and body) ; 

 upper caudal scales feebly tricarinate. Greyish olive above, with 

 darker and lighter dots ; lower surfaces yellowish, with small 

 greyish spots. 



millim. millim. 



From snout to veut . 275 Fore limb 80 



Head 58 Hind limb 100 



Width of head 50 



Ilheo Branco, Cape Verde Islands. 

 a. Ad. Dr. W. K. Parker [P.]. 



7. MABUIA*. 



Mabuva, part., Fitzing. N. Classif. Bept. p. 23 ; Qray, Cat. Liz. p. 93 ; 



Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Eej)t. p. 393. 

 Spoudylurus, Fitzing. I.e. ; Wiegm. Herp. 3Iex. p. 11. 

 Euprepis, part., Waql. Syst. Amph. p. 161 ; Wiegm. I. c, and Arch. 



f. Nat. 1837, p. 131 ; bum. ^- Bihr. v. p. 663 ; Gray, I. c. p. 110 ; 



Giinth. Be2)t. Brit. Ind. p. 78 ; Bocouii, I. c. p. 409. 

 Tiliqua, part., Gray, (rrif. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 67, and Aim. N. H. ii. 



1838, p. 288, owi (Wi-.i/;:. p. 108. 

 Eumeces, part., Ditm. •$• BiLr. p. 020; Giinth. I. e. p. 84. 

 TracbylepLs, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Bept. p. 44. 

 Xystrolepis, Tschudi, I. c. 

 Copeoglossum, Tschudi, I. c. p. 45. 



Palatine bones in contact mesially ; palatal notch separating 

 entirely the pterygoids, extending forwards to between the centre 

 of the eyes ; pterygoid teeth minute or absent. Maxillary teeth 

 conical or bicuspid. Eyelids movable. Ear distinct, tympanum 

 more or less deeply sunk. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; supra- 



* 1. Scincus ccssiiis, Kiihl, Beitr. z. Zool. u. Vergl. Anat. p. 130. — Hab. ? 



2. Trachi/lep is punctata, Tscliiidi, Faun. Per., Eept. p. 44, pi. iii. fig. 1. — 



Peru. 



3. Euprcpes hilineatus, Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 18G9, p. 340. — 



Madagascar. 



4. Euprcpes longicaudatns (non Hallow.), Anderson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



xl. 187l,p. 13.— Cachar. 



5. Euprcpes sakalava, Grandidier, Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) xt. 1872, art. 20. — 



Madagascar. 



6. Euprcpes aitreoqidaris, F. Miiller, Verb. Nat. Ges. Basel, rii. ISS."}, 



p. 707.— Gold Coast. 



