164 sciNciD-aE. 



lateral scales with four to seven strong keels ; 34 to 36 scales round 

 the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The hind limb reaches the 

 •wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamellae 

 smooth. Tail once and a half to once and two thirds the length of 

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

 spots ; an irregular broad, dark brown lateral band, light-edged on 

 the head and neck ; upper labials frequently olive-brown, each with 

 a greenish-white spot or streak ; lower surfaces yellowish or 

 greenish white. 



niillim. millim. 



Total length 220 Fore limb 28 



Head 20 Hind limb 36 



Width of head 14 Tail 135 



Body 05 



Comoro Islands ; Mozambique ? 



a. Many spec. : ad. & hgr. Johanna. C. E. Bewsher, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. Mozambique. 



10. Mabuia maculilabris. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Euprepis maculilabris, Grm/, Cat. p. 114. 

 Euprepes anchietoe, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lish. i. ISGO, p. 62. 



notabilis, Peters, Sitzb. Oes. Xatwf. Freunde, 1870, p. 36*. 



maculilabris, F. Midler, Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, 



p. 159. 

 angasijanus, Peters, Peise n. Mossanib. iii. p. 73*. 



Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided semi- 

 transparent disk. Nostril just above or behind the vertical of the 

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

 loreal not, or but slightly, in contact with the first labial ; supra- 

 nasals in contact behind the rostral, or narrowly separated ; fronto- 

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

 latter as long as, or slightly longer than, the frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact with the second and third supra- 

 oculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; five supraeiliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, a little smaller than the interparietal ; 

 parietals sometimes forming a suture behind the interparietal, 

 sometimes entirely separated ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular be- 

 tween the fourth and fiftli upper labials, about twice as long as 

 these shields, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening suboval, 

 smaller than the eye-opening, the anterior border simple or with 

 very indistinct projecting granules. Dorsal and lateral scales 

 strongly quinquecarinatc, nuchals mostly septemcarinate ; 30 to 32 

 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The hind limb 

 reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamella) 

 smooth. Tail about twice as long as head and body. Olive above, 



* Types examined. 



