MABUIA VITTATA. 195 
the east it is found on the sands at Rosetta, where Olivier obtained the types. It is less 
common around Cairo, but it is well represented in the Fayum. It ranges westwards 
from Egypt to Tunisia, Algeria, and the Algerian Sahara, and northwards through 
Palestine and Syria to the island of Cyprus. 
Synopsis of Egyptian Species of Mabuia. 
35-42 scales round body. Postnasal present. Frontonasal usually separated 
from the frontal. 3 to 7 short ear-lobules M. quinquetceniata. 
30-34 scales round body. Postnasal absent. Frontonasal in contact with the 
frontal. 2 or 3 ear lobules M. vittata. 
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