348 scincibj:. 



F. Yar. quinquetcpniatus, Gthr. — 22 scales round the bod}'. Four 



anterior labials. Black above, with five narrow light longitu- 

 dinal lines ; limbs light-dotted. 



S-e. Ad. West coast of Africa. Capt. Parry [P.]. (Types 



of A. qumquetceniatuii.) 



G. Var. cognatus, Boettg. — 22 scales round the body. Three labials 



anterior to the subocular. Coloration as in var. peronii. 

 Nossi Be, Madagascar. 



2. Ablepharus lineo-ocellatus. 



Cryptoblepliarus lineo-ocellatus, Gray^ Cat. p. 65. 

 Morethia auomalus, Gray, I. c. 

 Ablepharus lineo-ocellatus, Dum. t^- Bibr. \. p. 817 ; Strauch, Mel. 



Biol. Ac. St. Peter sh. vi. 1868, p. 569, and Bull. xii. p. 371. 

 Crvptoblepharus lineo-ocellatus, Gray, in Grey's Trav. Austr. ii. 



p. 427. 

 Morethia anomalus, Gray, Zool. Erehus Sf Terror, Rept. p. 4, pi. v. 



Ablepharus anomalus, Strauch, I. c. pp. 5/0, 371. 

 Morethia anomala, Giinth. Zool. Erehus S; Terror, Rept. p. 10. 

 Ablepharus (Morethia) anomalus (adelaideusis), Peters, Mon. Berl. 

 Ac. 1874, p. 376. 



Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely sur- 

 rounded by a circle of granules. Rostral largely in contact with the 

 frontonasal, which is in contact with the frontal ; latter nearly as 

 long as, but narrower than, the interparietal, which is formed by 

 fusion with the frontoparietals ; four supraoculars, second and third 

 largest, first and second in contact with the frontal ; six supracili- 

 aries, third to fifth usually very large, sixth minute ; a pair of 

 nuchals : four (or five) labials anterior to the subocular ; supra- 

 nasals sometimes present. Ear-opening rather large, oval, with 

 one or several projecting small lobules anteriorly. Scales subequal 

 in size, 24 to 30 round the middle of the body. Limbs well deve- 

 loped, pentadactyle ; the hind limb does not reach the axilla ; digits 

 obtusely keeled interiorly. Tail longer than head and body. Olive 

 or brownish above, black-spotted, or with light, hlack-edged ocelli ; 

 a more or less strongly marked blackish lateral band, edged below 

 by a white black-edged streak which extends from the eye or the 

 ear to the groin ; a white black-edged spot or streak between the 

 thigh and the tail ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish white. 



