Euprepes peirotteti, rar., Jilanf. I'roc. Zo'J. Soc. 1881, p. 409. 

 (Euprepis) socotranus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. 



168 SCINCID^. 



15. Mabuia socotrana *. 



oc. 1881, p. 4 



Freunde, 

 1882, p." 45: 



Snout moflcrato, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. 

 Nostril just above or behind the suture between the rostral and the 

 first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior loreal usually in contact witli the 

 first labial ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal 

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

 as long as the fi'ontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact 

 with the second, or second and third supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars, second largest and usually touching the pr;p frontal : four 

 supraciliaries, second longest ; frontoparietals distinct, smaller than 

 the interparietal ; parietals entirely separated ; a pair of nuchals ; 

 snbocular between the fourth and fifth upper labials, nearly twice 

 as long as these shields, not narrowed inferiorlj'. Ear-opening 

 oval-subtriangular, not quite as large as the eye-opening, with three 

 or four long pointed lobules anteriorly. Dorsal scales mostly tri- 

 carinate ; some, however, may be quinque- or septeracarinate (all 

 so in the specimen described by Peters) ; nuchal and lateral scales 

 feebly keeled ; 31 to 34 scales round the middle of the body. The 

 hind limb reaches the wrist of the adpressed fore limb, or a little 

 beyond. Subdigital lamellte smooth. Tail about once and a half 

 as long as head and body. Uniform olive above, head rufous- 

 brown ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



Socotra. 

 a-d. Ad. Socotra. Trof. I. B. Balfour [C], 



16. Mabiiia perrotetii. 



Euprepis perrotetii, Gray, Cat. p. 111. 



inornata, Gray, I. c. p. 113. 



Euprepes perrotetii, Dum. ^- Bihr. v. p. 669 ; Steindaclm. Sitzb. Ak. 

 Wien, Ixii. i. 1870, p. .331 ; Boeaye, Jorn. Se. Lisb. iv. 1872, p. 78; 

 Boettyer, Abh. Seyick. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 103. 

 (Euprepis) pleurostictus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 52*. 



Snout moderate, obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid with a trans- 

 parent disk. Nostril just above or behind the vertical of the suture 

 between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal, usually resting 

 on the first and second upper labials ; anterior loreal not touching 



* Types examined. 



