Vol. I, No. 5.] Contributions to Oriental Herpetology III. 143 
[N. S.] . 
In the young there is a dark lateral stripe which gives the 
Lizard much the appearance of Lygosoma maculatum, with which, 
judging from specimens in the Indian Museum, it has sometimes 
been confused. Hven a very superficial examination is of course 
sufficient to distinguish between the two forms. The dimension, at 
any rate in respect to length, appear to exceed those of M. mul- 
tifasciata ; but the tail is very brittle and none of our specimens 
seem to be quite perfect asregards this organ. The shape of its 
head is very different from that of this species. 
M. tytleri appears to be much scarcer than M. multifasciata in 
the Andamans. 
Masuia mMonticota, (Theob.) 
Kuprepes monticola, Gthr., apud Theobald (nec. Giinther) 
Rept. Brit. Ind., p. 52. 
The specimens described as Huprepes monticola, Gthr., by 
Theobald in his feptiles of British India are quite distinct 
from that form, which is (as Boulenger states) a synonym of 
Mabwia dissimilis (Hallow). The following description is based 
upon Theobald’s examples, three in number, and a young specimen 
from Arakan (Mus. colltr.). 
Lower eyelid scaly: a postnasal. Habit slender ; head very 
small; snout short, obtusely pointed ; tail slender, about 1+ times 
the length of head and body. Hind limb reaches the elbow 
of adpressed fore-limb. Supranasals meet behind rostral, fronto- 
nasal broader than long; prefrontals in contact behind fronto- 
nasal; four large supraoculars followed by one small one, second 
largest, in contact with frontal; parietals entirely separated 
by interparietals, with straight posterior termination; one pair 
of nuchals. Har-opening subcircular, smaller than a_ lateral 
scale, with several feeble anterior lobules. Dorsal scales bi-, 
tri- or quinquecarinate, generally with only two keels distinct 
34 to 36 scales round centre of body. The colour has completely 
faded in the specimens. © 
Theobald’s specimens have no history; possibly they come 
from the Eastern Himalayas or the hills of Assam. 
MABUIA ANAKULAR, nom. nov. 
Euprepes longicaudatus, Anderson (nec Hallow), J.A.S.B. (2) 
XL, 1871, p. 13. 
The specimen described by Anderson as Huprepes longicaudatus 
represents a very peculiar form, resembling in its elongated and 
cylindrical shape some members of the genus Lygosoma but techni- 
cally belonging to the genus Mabwia. As Anderson’s name was 
preoccupied by Hollow, I have rechristened the species. The 
following description is based upon Anderson’s specimen :— 
Habit snake-like; limbs well developed, pentadactyle, hind 
limb reaching elbow of adpressed fore-limb; distance between 
tip of snout and fore-limb contained 13 times in distance between 
