170 



eCINCID^. 



first and second upper labials ; snpranasala in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal broader than long- ; prrofrontals forming a 

 short median suture, or narrowly separated ; frontal as long as the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact Avith the first, 

 second, and third supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; 

 five or six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, shorter than the 

 interparietal, which entirely separates the parietals ; a ])air of 

 nuclials ; subocular between the fourth and fifth, or fifth and sixth 

 upper labials, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening oval, sub- 

 triangular, smaller than the eye-opening, with two or three short 

 obtuse lobules anteriorly. Dorsal scales usually hi-, sometimes 

 tricarinate; 30 to 32 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. 

 The adpresscd limbs slightly overlap. Subdigital lamellie smooth. 

 Olive-brown above, with longitudinal darker streaks occupying the 

 sides of each dorsal scale ; an ill-defined dark lateral band, edged 

 above by a lighter band ; small white spots scattered on the back 

 and sides ; lower surfaces yellowish, throat brown-spotted. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 285 Fore limb 38 



Head 28 Hind limb 48 



Width of head 22 Tail (reproduced) . . 150 



Body 107 



Abyssinia; Aschik, island in the Eed Sea. 



a. Ad. Wonber Harattib, Lebka valley, W. Jesse, Esq. [C.]. 



Abyssinia. 



18. Mabnia homalocephala. 



Euprepis smithii, Gray, Cat. p. 112. 



vittatus, Gray, I. c. p. 113. 



Euprepes homalocepbalus, Wiegm. Isis, 1S28, p. 374*; Pete)'s,Mon. 



lierl. Ac. 1864, p. ol. 

 ? Tiliqua submfa, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 289. 

 Euprepes smithii, Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept. pi. xxxi. fig. 2. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 

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

 between the rostral a))d the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior lorcal 

 in contact with the first labial ; frontonasal broader than long, in 

 contact with the frontal, and usiially also with the rostral : frontal as 

 long as, or a little shorter than, tlie frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the second and third supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars, second largest and touching the pra? frontal ; five 

 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, as large as or a little smaller 

 than the intcrjiarietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the latter 

 shield ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular between the fourth and fifth 

 upper labials, usually not twice as large as these shields, not nar- 

 rowed inferiorly. Ear-opening oval, oblique, about as large as the 



* Type examined. 



