180 



SCINCID^. 



rostral ; frontonasal broader than long, sometimes in contact with 

 the frontal ; latter usually as long as, or a little shorter than, the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, sometimes not longer than 

 the frontoparietals, in contact with the second, or rarely first and 

 second, su])raoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six supra- 

 ciliaries, first longest ; frontoparietals distinct, as long as, or longer 

 than, the interparietal, which usually entirely separates the parietals ; 

 a pair of nuchals ; four labials anterior to the subociilar, which is 

 large and not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening oval, as large as 

 or a little smaller than a lateral scale, with three short pointed 

 lobules anteriorly. Dorsal and nuchal scales tri- or quinquecari- 

 nate, sometimes very feebly ; 30 or 32 scales round the middle of 

 the body, subequal. The adpressed limbs meet or slightly overlap. 

 Subdigital lamellae unicarinate. Scales on upper surface of tibia 

 mostly tricarinate. Tail once and two thirds to twice and one fifth 

 the length of head and body. The coloration varies considerably, 

 but a lateral black band, edged above and below with a whitish 

 streak, is constant. Some (young) specimens black above, with 

 seven light longitudinal lines ; others olive-brown with four black 

 dorsal streaks, which may not extend further back than the nape ; 

 or a light black-edged vertebral band may be present ; head-shields 

 spotted or variegated with black ; limbs and tail rufous ; lower 

 surfaces white. 



millim. 



Total length 178 



Head 13 



Width of head 9 



Body 43 



Central and Southern India. 



millim. 



Fore limb 17 



Hind limb 23 



Tail 122 



a. Ad. 



h. Yg. 



c-d, e-f. Ad. & yg. 



g. Ad. 



h-l. Ad. 



Mysore. 

 Salem. 

 Tinnevelly. 

 Sevagheny Hills. 

 Anamallaj^s. 



m-r. Ad., hgr., & yg. Malabar. 



T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 

 Col. Beddome " 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 



C 

 C 



c 

 c 



[P.]. (Type.) 



I 



31. Mabuia vertebralis. 



Tiliqua trivittata {non Gray), Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxiL 

 1853, p. 478 ; Theobald, Cat. Rcpt. As. Soc. Mus. p. 24. 



Euprepes trivittatus, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, 

 p. 357 ; Theobald, Cat. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 50. 



Eumeces trivittatus, Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 158. 



Euprepes (Tiliqua) trivittatus, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 

 1872, p. 119. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind the 

 vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial ; no 

 postnasal ; anterior loreal in contact with the first labial, much 

 deeper and shorter than the second; supranasals in contact 



