fr 



/. MABUTA. 171 



transparent palpebral disk, with two or three long pointed lohulcg 

 anteriorly. Nuchal and dorsal scales rather strongly tricarinate ; 

 2y to ;i2 scales round the middle of the body, equal. The adprcssed 

 limbs meet or slightly overlap, or fail to meet. Subdigital lamellao 

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

 Olive above, with dark brown longitudinal streaks or series of spots; 

 a dark brown lateral band, passing through the eye and above the 

 ear, edged interiorly Avith a whitish streak, beginning on the upper 

 lip and passing through the ear ; lower surfaces whitish. 



milliin. millim. 



Total length 216 Fore limb 21 



Head 10 Hind limb 33 



Tail 125 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 Dr. Shaw. 

 Dr, .T. Lee [P.]. 



South-African Museum. (Type 

 of Euprepis smithii.) 



19. Mabuia gruetzneri *. 

 Euprepes (Euprepis) griitzneri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1SG9, p. 438. 



In habit and scutellation very similar to M. homaJoccpluda. An- 

 terior border of ear with three short rounded lobules. 36 scales 

 round the body. Olive above, with five black dorsal lines, with 

 series of yellow dots between them ; a yellow band on each side, 

 commencing on the supraciliary edge, edged below by a broad black 

 band ; upper labials olive-green, each with a yellow spot. Lower 

 surfaces metallic greenish yellow, with more or less distinct darker 

 longitudinal lines running between the series of scales. 



Gcrlachshoop, S.E. Africa. 



20. Mabnia taitana *. 



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

 pi. ii. fig. 3. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril just above the suture between the rostral and the 

 first labial; a postnasal ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral; 

 frontonasal broader than long, in contact with the frontal : latter 

 nearly as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the second and third supraoculars ; four supraoculars, 

 second largest ; frontoparietals distinct, not larger than the inter- 

 parietal ; a pair of nuchals ; subocular large, slightly narrowed 

 inferiorly, between the fourth and fifth upper labials. Ear-opening 



* Types examined. 



