158 SCrNCTBiE. 



between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior 

 loreal usuaUy slightly in contact with the first labial ; supi'anasals 

 in contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long ; praj- 

 frontals forniiug a median suture ; frontal as long as or a little 

 shorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the second and third, or first, second, and third supra- 

 oculars ; four supraoculars, second largest and usually touching 

 the pra;frontal ; five or six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, 

 larger than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 latter shield ; a pair of uuchals ; fifth and sixth (or sixth and 

 .seventh) upper labials below the eye, the former not or but slightly 

 larger than the latter. Ear-opening oval, about as large as the eye- 

 opening, the anterior border simple or with a few slightly projecting 

 granules. Nuchal and dorsal scales distinctly tricarinate ; 42 to 

 46 scales round the middle of the body, suberjual. The limbs over- 

 lap when adpressed. Subdigital lamellas smooth. Tail about once 

 and one third the length of the head and body. Olive-brown above, 

 -with small darker and lighter spots ; a more or less distinct lighter 

 dorso-lateral band ; a black, white-edged spot in the axilla ; lower 

 surfaces yellowish white, throat sometimes brown-spotted. 



millim. milliui. 



Total length 181 Fore limb 23 



Head 16 Hind limb 31 



Width of head ... 11 Tail 104 



Body 61 



West Africa to Damaraland. 



a-d. Ad. & hgr. Niger Expedition. Dr. Stanger [P."|. (Types.) 



e. Ad. Ilheo Raso, Cape Verde Prof. B. du Bocage [P.J. 



Islands. (One of the types of Eujjrepes hojrff'eri.) 



f-tj. Ad. St. Vincent, Cape Verde J. MacgiUivray, Esq. [C.]. 



Islands. 



h. Yg. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 



Islands. 



i. Hgi'. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Dr. Cunningham [C.]. 



Islands. 



3. Mabuia delalandii. 



Euprepis delalandii, Grmj., Cat. p. 116. 



belclieri, Qrmj, I. c. 



Euprepes delalandii, Dum. Sf Bihr. v. p. 690 ; Bocaqe, Jorn. Sc. 

 Lish. i. 1867, p. 22^3 ; Peters, Mo7i. Berl. Ac. 186!>,p. 434 ; Bocage, 

 Jorn. Sc. Lisb. v. 1875, p. 111. 

 Euprepis venustus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Plnlad. 1857, p. 195, and U.S. 

 E.ip1or. Exped., Herp. p. 229, pi. xxvi. tigs. 1-8. 



Snout rather elongate, obtusely acuminate ; the shape of the 

 head similar to that of the typical Lacerta muralis. Lower eyelid 

 with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical of 

 the suture between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; 



