204 SCINCID^. 



millim. millim. 



Total lougth (tail re- Body 58 



produced) 130 ' Fore limb 22 



Head 15 Iliiid limb 31 



Width of head 10 



Angola. 



a. Ad. Duque do Bragance. Prof. B. du Bocage [P.] 



h. Ad. Piiuji-o Andouf^o. Dr. Wehvitsch ' " " 



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c. Hofr. Anjrola. Dr. Welwitsch 



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P.]. 

 P.J. 



00. Mahuia cMmbana. 

 Euprepes affiius(wo?i De Fii), Bucaye, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1872, p. 77. 



Agrees in the seutellation with M. bocagii, except that the 

 auricular lobules are not lanceolate but triangular and three in 

 number. Bronzy green above, with irregularly scattered black 

 dots ; a rather indistinct lighter dorso-lateral band ; no light band 

 on the flanks ; lower surfaces greenish white. 



Total length 125 miUim. ; head 11 ; tail 72. 



Rio Chimba, Mossamedes. 



61. Mabuia punctulata. 



Euprepes punctulatus, Bocaye, Joni. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1872, p. 76. 



Differs from M. chimbana in having only 30 to 32 scales round 

 the body. Olive-green or light brown above, with small square 

 black spots, forming six longitudinal series on the back, and con- 

 fluent on the flanks ; two narrow white black-edged streaks on each 

 side, the upper extending from the temporal region to the tail, the 

 lower from the first loreal to the groin ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 band ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



Total length 120 miUim.; head 10 ; tail 70. 



Rio Coroca, south of Mossamedes. 



62. Mabuia striata. 



Tropidolepisma striatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1844, p. 36 *. 

 Euprepes punctatissimus, Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept. pi. xxxi. tig. 1. 



suudevallii, Smith, I. c, App. p. 11. 



Euprepis grantii, Oray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1804, p, 62. 



Euprepes variegatus, Peters, (Efvcrs. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1809, p. 660*. 



(Euprepis) striatus, Peters, Reise n. Mossamh. iii. p. 67. 



Snout moderate, obtusely acuminate ; loreal region concave. 

 Lower eyelid with a large transparent disk. Nostril pierced above 

 or behind the vertical of the suture between the rostral and the 

 first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior loreal usually in contact with 



Types examined, 



