7. MAUUIA. 195 



48. Mabuia megalura. 



Euprepes (Mabiiia) meg-alurus, Peters, Man. BerJ. Ac. 1878, p. 204, 



pi. ii. fig. 4 *. 

 ? Eumeces massaiauus, Fischer, Jahrh. Hamb. Wiss, Anst. i. 1884, 



p. 18, pi. ii. fig. 5. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. A postnasal ; supranasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

 frontonasal nearly twice as broad as long, in contact with or 

 narrowly separated from the frontal ; latter scarcely larger than 

 the interparietal, in contact with the second and third supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars, first very small ; frontoparietals distinct ; parietals 

 entirely separated ; a pair of nuehals ; four labials anterior to the 

 subocular, which is much elongate. Ear-opening a nearly hori- 

 zontal cleft, with an elongate scale in front. All the scales 

 perfectly smooth, 24 round the body, ventrals largest. The hind 

 limb reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital 

 lameUo! tubercular. Tail three times as long as head and body. 

 Brown above, with a light lateral band, beginning from the upper 

 lip. 



millim. millira. 



Total length 283 Fore limb 20 



Head 12 Hind limb 26 



Body 56 Tail 215 



East Africa (Taita, Cacoma, Adal. Berl. Mas.). 



49. Mabuia trivittata. 



Euprepis carinatus, Gray, Cat. p. 115. 

 Scinciis carinatus {non ScJmeid.), Merrem, Beitr. Gesch. Amph. p. 109, 



pi. ix. 

 Mabuya carinata, Fitziny. N. Class. Kept. p. 52. 

 ScincLis trivittatus, Cuv. R. A. 2iid ed. ii. p. 62. 

 Tiliqua capensis. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 68. 



asceusionis. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 18-J8, p. 290. 



Euprepes meri'emii. Bum. Sf Bibr. v. p. 671 ; Gravenh. N. Acta Ac. 



Leop.-Carol. xxiii. 1851, i. p. 317, pi. xxxii. 

 Euprepes trivittatus, Smith, III. S. Afr., Bept., App. p. 11. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided trans- 

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

 between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal, frequently in 

 contact with the second as well as with the first labial ; supranasals 

 in contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long ; prae- 

 frontals usually forming a median suture ; frontal shorter than the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the second 

 and third, and sometimes also the first, supraoculars ; four supra- 



Type examined. 



o2 



