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TEE OBUISE OF THE ' GUBACOA.' 



EBEMIA8 MVLTIOGELLATA. 



The supranasals meet, separating' the single praefrontal from 

 the rostral ; prjefrontals confluent into a single shield ; a small 

 azygos shield between the postfrontals. Six upper labials in 

 front of the intraocular, which enters the free margin of the lip, 

 with its narrow lower corner. The sixth labial as large as the 

 intraocular. Ej'elid entirely scaly. Collar formed by a central 

 larger, and numerous smaller lateral shields. Ventral scutes 

 forming 30 transverse and 18 longitudinal series. Prasanal region 

 covered with small scales. Fore-limb reaching nearly the ex- 

 tremity of the snout, when stretched forwards ; hind-limb ex- 

 tending to the axil of the fore-limb. Greenish olive above, with 

 numerous more or less perfect black rings enclosing a lighter centre. 

 A somewhat irregular whitish black-edged band along each side of 

 the body, from the eye to the axil of the hind-limb. 



A single specimen was obtained in the desert of Grobi, on the 

 route from Sume to the Tola Eiver, 



