174 SCINCID^. 



very short, entirely separated, transversely bisected ; two pairs of 

 nuchals ; subocular between the fourth and fifth upper labials, twice 

 as long as these shields, not narrowed interiorly. Ear-opening 

 small, oval, with two long pointed lobules, upper largest. Dorsal, 

 nuchal, and lateral scales sharply quintjuc- to septemcarinate ; 28 

 to 30 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The 

 hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow of tlie adpressed fore limb. 

 Subdigital lamellae smooth. Tail once and one fourth or once and 

 one third the length of head and body. Olive above ; a yellowish 

 vertebral band, broadly ed<,'ed with black, beginning on the vertex, 

 sometimes indistinct on the hinder part of the body, which may be 

 spotted with yellowish ; a black dorso-lateral band, beginning from 

 the eye, edged below by a whitish narrower band, which is again 

 edged with black ; sometimes a second light band, extending from 

 axilla to groin. Lower surfaces whitish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 102 Fore limb 14 



Head 11 Hind limb 22 



Width of head .... 7-5 Tail 57 



Body 34 



Carnatic. 



a-e. Ad. & yg. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.J. 



(Types of Euprcpis trilincalus.) 

 /■-t. Ad. Carnatic. ' T. C. Jerdon, Esq. fP.!. 



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24. Mahuia dorise. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



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

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

 rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior loreal just touch- 

 ing the first labial ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

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

 longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact 

 with the second supraocular only : four supraoculars, second largest ; 

 seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, about as large as the 

 interparietal, which entirely separates the parietals ; a pair of 

 nuchals ; subocular between the fourth and fifth upper labials, not 

 twice as long as these shields, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening 

 a little smaller than the eye-openiug, with two or three long 

 pointed lobules, upper largest. Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales 

 with seven or nine sharp keels, two of which are stronger than the 

 others ; 34 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. 

 The hind limb reaches the wrist of the adpressed fore limb. Sub- 

 digital lamelloe smooth. Pale olive above, with four longitudinal 

 series of small blackish spots on the body ; a broad blackish-brown 

 lateral band beginning from the nostril and passing through the 

 eye ; lower surfaces whitish. 



