7. MABUIA. 1G7 



large as or somewhat larger ilian the interparietal ; parictals 

 entirely separated ; a pair of nuclials ; lilth and sixtli upper labials 

 largest and entering the orbit. Ear-opening suboval, smaller than 

 the eye-opening, with three long pointed lobules on its anterior 

 border. Dorsal scales quinque- or septemcarinate ; 30 scales round 

 the middle of the body. Tlie hind limb reaches the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamella) smooth. Tail once and 

 two thirds the length of head and body. Olive above ; a liglit 

 lateral streak extending from the upper lip to the groin, edged 

 above by a black band, interiorly by a black line ; lower surfaces 

 greenish yellow. 



milliiD. millira. 



Total length 187 Tore limb 20 



Head 15 Hind limb 30 



Width of head 9 Tail 117 



Body 55 



Tette, ^lozambique. 



14. Mabuia planifrons *. 



Euprepes (Euprepis) planifrons, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, p. 203, 

 pi. ii. fig. 2. 



Head elongate. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril behind the vertical of the suture between the rostral 

 and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior lorcal touching the first 

 labial ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal 

 broader than long, in contact with the truncate anterior angle of 

 the frontal ; latter shield in contact with the second and third 

 supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; five supraeiliaries, second largest; 

 frontoparietals shorter than the interparietal, which entirely sepa- 

 rates the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular between the 

 fourth and fifth upper labials. Ear-opening oval-subtriangular, 

 scarcely larger than the transparent palpebral disk, with two or 

 three projecting lobules anteriorly. Dorsal scales with three to five 

 keels ; 28 or 29 scales round the body, equal. The hind limb does 

 not reach the elbow. Subdigital lamella} obtusely unicarinate. 

 Olive-brown above, with light ocelli as in CJiaJcides ocellatus ; on 

 each side of the back a broad lighter longitudinal band ; two rows 

 of irregular black spots along the back; a black lateral band, 

 beginning from the eye. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 309 Eore limb 31 



Head 23 Hind limb 41 



Width of head .... 15 Tail 195 



Body 91 



Taita, East Africa. 



* Described from the type specimens in the Berlin Museum. 



