7. MABUTA. 161 



round tho middle of tho body, laterals smallest. Limbs lonp: ; the 

 hind limb reaches the axilla or not quite so far. tSubdigital 

 lamellae smooth. Tail not quite twice as long as head and body, 

 cylindrical, slightly compressed posteriorly. Olive, lighter interiorly, 

 above variegated with darker and lighter. 



inillim. millim. 



Total length ^Sl Fore limb 29 



Head 19 Hind limb 43 



■\Vidtli of head .... 13 Tail loU 



Body 68 



Demerara ; Fernando de ]N'oronha. 



a-6. Ad. & hgr. Fernando de Noronha. Lordsof the Admiralty [P.]. 



H.M.S. ' Chiinticleor.' (Types.) 

 c-d. Ad. ; very Demerara. Capt. Sabine [P.]. (Tj'pes 



bad state. of T. maculata.) 



e. Ad. ? (Type of M.jnmctatissima,) 



6. Mabuia sechellensis. 



Euprepis cyanogaster (tion Less.), Gray, Cat. p. 114. 

 Euprepes sechellensi.s, Dum. ^- Bibr. v. p. 68:?. 



Snout rather elongate, narrow, obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid 

 with an undivided semitransparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical 

 of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; a jjostnasal; 

 anterior loreal slightly or not in contact with the first labial ; 

 frontonasal slightly longer than broad, forming a short suture with 

 the rostral and with the frontal ; latter about as long as the fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the three 

 anterior, or rarely only the two anterior, supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars, second largest ; six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, 

 shorter than the interparietals ; parietals forming a suture behind 

 the latter shield ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular between the fifth 

 and sixth upper labials, and at least twice as long, not narrowed 

 interiorly. Ear-opening suboval, smaller than the eye-opening, 

 with two to four minute lobules or projecting granules anteriorly. 

 Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales with five to nine strong keels ; 

 36 to 38 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The 

 hind limb reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital 

 lamellai smooth. Tail once and a half to once and three fourths the 

 length of head and body. Olive-brown above, with small darker 

 and lighter spots ; a whitish lateral streak from the upper lip to the 

 groin; a broad dark brown band above the light streak; a small 

 black spot in. the axilla ; a black streak along the hinder side of the 

 thigh ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 242 Fore limb 27 



Head 21 Hind limb 35 



Width of head 14 Tail ] 50 



Body 71 



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