644 ME. STANLEY S. PLOWEE ON THE [May 16, 



stuffed specimens in the Siamese Museum from Prachai and 

 Angtoug, 



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 Laceetid^. 



Tachtdeomus sexlineatus Daud. 



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



This lizard, which has been recorded from both Burma and 

 Cochinchina, will probably be eventually found in Siam. 



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

 china, Java, Borneo, and possibly Japan. 



Family SciNCiD^. 



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 iu different 

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

 difficult 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 mtdt'tfasciata and M. sia- 

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

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

 and L. clmlcides 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 this species, which, when running, carries 

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

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

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

 stream or pond aud swim away. 



73. Mabuia novemcaeinata (And.). 



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

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

 Hah. Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



74. Mabuia maculaeia (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, 



