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BCINCID. 
between the rostral and the first labial; a postnasal; anterior 
loreal usually slightly in contact with the first labial; supranasals 
in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal broader than long; pra- 
frontals forming a median suture; frontal as long as or a little 
shorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 
-contact with the second and third, or first, second, and third supra- 
oculars; four supraoculars, second largest and usually touching 
‘the prefrontal; five or six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, 
larger than the interparictal ; parietals forming a suture behind the 
latter shield; a pair of nuchals; fifth and sixth (or sixth and 
. seventh) upper labials below the eye, the former not or but slightly 
larger than the latter. Ear-opening oval, about as large as the eye- 
opening, the anterior border simple or with a few slightly projecting 
granules. 
Nuchal and dorsal scales distinctly tricarinate; 42 to 
46 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The limbs over- 
lap when adpressed. Subdigital lamella smooth. Tail about once 
and one third the length of the head and body. Olive-brown above, 
with small darker and lighter spots; a more or less distinct lighter 
dorso-lateral band; a black, white-edged spot in the axilla; lower 
surfaces yellowish white, throat sometimes brown-spotted. 
millim millim. 
Total length ...... 181 Fore limb ........ 23 
Head............ 16 Hind limb........ 31 
Width of head ... 11 Pail osnevacedare: LOA 
Body veers ce scaa ec 61 
West Africa to Damaraland. 
a-d. Ad. & hgy. Niger Expedition. Dr. Stanger [P.]. (Types. 
e. Ad. e Titao Race Cape Verde Prof. B. aa ety ) 
Islands. (One of the types of Luprepes hopffert.) 
f-g. Ad. St. Vincent, Cape Verde J. Macgillivray, Esq. | C.]. 
Islands. ° 
h. Ye. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 
Islands. 
t. Hg. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Dr. Cunningham [C.}. 
Islands. 
3. Mabuia delalandii. 
Euprepis delalandii, Gray, Cat. p. 116. 
belcheri, Gray, hese i 
Euprepes delalandii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 690; Bocage, Jorn. Se. 
Lisb. i. 1867, p. 223; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p.484; Bocage, 
Jorn. Se. Lisb. v. 1875, p. 111. 
Euprepis venustus, Guard, Proc, Ae. Philad. 1857, p. 195, and U.S. 
Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 229, pl, xxvi. figs. 1-8, 
Suout rather elongate, obtusely acuminate; the shape of the 
head similar to that of the typical Lacerta muralis. 
Lower eyelid 
with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical of 
the suture between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; 
