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75. Mabuia bugifeba (StoL). 



Mahuia rugifera, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 184. 



Of this handsomely marked and remarkably scaled species, which 

 has not previously been recorded from the Malay Peninsula, I 

 obtained one specimen near the entrance of the Batu Caves, 

 Selangor, in .June 1898, and one in the jungle on Bukit Timah, 

 Singapore, in Sept. 1898. In the latter the sides and underneath 

 of the head and neck were a beautiful orange-red in life ; it 

 measured 182 mm. in total length (snt. to vnt. 56, tail 126). 



Hah. Nicobars, Malay Peninsula, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei 

 Islands), Java, Borneo. 



76. Mabttia multifasciata (Kuhl). 



Euprepes rufescens, Cantor, p. 46. 



Mabuia multifasciata, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 186 ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 874. 



Siamese. " Chiug-lane." 



Malay. " Menkarong " and " bengkarong." 



Localities. This is the common " Sun Lizard" or "Grass Lizard" 

 of the Straits Settlements and is also very numerous in parts of 

 Siam. I have met it in Kedah (Alor Star and .Tenan), in Penaug, in 

 Province Wellesley (Butt-erworth), in Perak (Larut Hills, 3300 feet 

 elevation), in Singapore, in Bangkok, in Ayuthia, and in the Dong 

 Phya Fai (at Hinlap, 700 feet elevation). 



Habits. Food consists of insects, especially crickets and cock- 

 roaches. 



Description. (Drawn up from thirteen specimens from five different 

 localities.) Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril be- 

 hind the vertical of the sntui'e between the rostral and the first labial ; 

 a postnasal ; anterior loreal not deeper than the second, usually in 

 contact with the first lahial, in one specimen but slightly so, and 

 in one specimen not in contact with it ; supranasals not in contact 

 behind the rostral in eight specimens, in contact in two specimens 

 (in three this point was not noted); frontonasal broader than long, 

 frequently much broader; prsefrontals in contact mesially ; frontal 

 slightly sliorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together 

 (in one specimen ic is as long) ; frontal in contact with the second 

 supraocular (in one specimen in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars) ; four supraoculars, second largest ; normally six 

 supraciliaries, first largest, but not unfrequently the fourth and 

 fifth supraciliaries are fused into one shield, which is then the 

 largest, or else the second and third may be welded together ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, in two specimens shorter, but usually 

 larger, than the interpai-ietal, which entirely separates the parietals; 

 a pair of nuchals ; four labials anterior to the subocular (except in 

 a specimen from Ayuthia, which has on each side only three) ; 

 subocular large and not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening roundish 

 oval, about as lai-ge as a lateral scale, with a few (three, four, or 

 five) small white lobules anteriorly (except in a specimen from 



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