644 MB. STANXET S. FLOWEU ON THE [May 16, 



stuffed specimens in the Siamese Museum from Pracbai and 

 Angtong. 



Hah. Ceylon, Nepal, Bengal, Burma, Siam, China, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (where I obtained specimens 

 from Kudat), Celebes, Lombok, Plores, Sumba, Philippines, and 

 Cape York, N. Australia. 



Family Lacertid^. 



Tachtdeomus sexlineatus Daud. 



Tachydromus sexlineatus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 4, 

 This lizard, which has been recorded from both Burma and 

 Cocbinchina, will probably be eventually found in Siam. 



Hah. Sikhim, Assam, Khasi Hills, Burma, South China, Cochin- 

 china, Java, Borneo, and possibly Japan. 



Family SciNCiDiE. 



The Skinks present more difficulties in identification than the 

 other families of East-Indian lizards, owing to the large number of 

 closely allied species and to the varieties of colours in different 

 individuals of some of the species ; moreover, they are more 

 diificult to collect owiug to their extreme agility, and the naturalist 

 who wishes to do so and to observe their habits must be prepared 

 to remain motionless, while he watches them, sometimes for hours, 

 under a scorching tropical sun. Mahuia multifasciata aud M.sia- 

 mensis are particularly sun-lovers, preferring to bask and play in 

 the hottest spots ; Lygosoma boivringii, however, is crepuscular, 

 and L. eJialcides a burrower. Some species frequent the sea-shore 

 between tide-marks, Lygosoma atrocostatum I found on a rock 

 which was covered at high water, and L. parietale we found on 

 the coast of Brunei, Borneo, on the mud of the mangrove swamps ; 

 we saw large numbers of tliis species, which, when running, carries 

 its tail raised in a stiff curl over the back, a peculiarity 1 have not 

 observed in any other skink. As a rule skiuks avoid water, but 

 Mahuia multifasciata, to avoid capture, will readily plunge into a 

 stream or pond aud swim away. 



73. Mabuia notbmcaeinata (And.). 



Mahuia novemcarinata, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 179. 

 Eecorded from Penang (S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 873). 

 Hah. Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



74. MaBTJIA MACtTLAEIA (Blyth). 



Mahuia macularia, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 182. 



M. Mouhot obtained this Skink in Cambodia, and I received 

 three specimens from Kosichang, Gulf of Siam ; the largest 

 measured 141 mm. in total length (snt. to vnt. 61 ; tail 80). 



Hah. Central and North-eastern India, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, 



