7. MAliriA. 



1G9 



the first labial ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long ; pra^frontals Ibrniiiig a median suture ; 

 frontal about as long as the lVont(i])ai'ietals and interjjarietal 

 together, in contact with the second and third, or rarely also the 

 first, supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest and usually 

 touching the pra}frontal ; six or seven snpraciliaries ; frontoparietals 

 distinct, smaller than the interparietal, which entirely separates the 

 parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular between the fourth and 

 fiftli upper labials, aboiit twice as long as these shields, not nar- 

 rowed interiorly. Ear-opening oval-subtriangular, smaller than 

 the eye-opening, anteriorly with a feeble denticulation formed by 

 three or four short pointed lobules. Dorsal scales strongly tri- 

 carinate ; laterals feebly keeled or nearly smooth ; '32 to 34 scales 

 round the middle of the body. The adpressed limbs meet, or the 

 extremity of the fourth too reaches the wrist. Subdigital lamellce 

 smooth. Tail about once and a half as long as head and body. 

 Olive or brownish above, uniform or with small dark brown or 

 whitish (red) spots ; frequently a rather indistinct light dorso- 

 lateral band ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



millim. 



Total length 418 



Head 33 



AYidth of head 27 



Body 130 



millim. 



Fore limb 43 



Hind limb 55 



Tail 255 



A larger specimen, with reproduced tail, measures 180 millim. 

 from snout to vent. 

 West Africa. 



a. Ad. 



b-c. Ad. & hgi'. 



d-e. Ad. 



/. Ad. 



ff, h, i, k. Many spec. : 



ad.,hgi-., &yg. 

 I. Ad. 



m. Ad. 



Dakar, Senegambia. 

 Cape Verde. 

 Sierra Leone. 

 Sierra Leoue. 

 W. Africa. 



Baron v. Maltzan [C.]. 

 Sir A. Kennedy [P.]. 



A. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of Euprepis inornatus.) 



17. Mahiiia hrevicollis. 



Euprepes hrevicollis, Wiegm. Arch. f. Nat. 1837, p. 133 * ; Peters, 

 Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 50. 



pyrrhocephalus, Wiegm. I. c* ; Peters, I. c. 



Tiliqua burtoni, BIgth., Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. xxiv. 1856, p. 306. 

 Euprepis perrotetii {non D, Sf B.), Blanf. Zool. Abgss. p. 456. 



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

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

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



* Types examined. 



