7. MABUTA. 159 
anterior loreal usually in contact with the first labial; supranasals 
in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal broader than long; pre- 
frontals forming a median suture; frontal pentagonal, in contact 
with the second, and usually also the first and third supraoculars ; 
four supraoculars, second largest ; five or six supraciliaries ; fronto- 
parietals coalesced to a single shield; parietals and interparietal 
coalesced to a single subcrescentic shield, followed by a pair of 
nuchals ; fifth upper labial (or subocular) below the eye, not twice 
as large as the proximal labials, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear- 
opening oval, about as large as the eye-opening, with three to five 
short pointed lobules anteriorly. Nuchal and dorsal scales mostly 
tricarinate, some bicarinate, the keels very distinct ; 46 to 50 scales 
round the middle of the body, subequal. The hind limb reaches 
the wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital 
lamellae smooth. Tail once and one third to once and two thirds 
as long as head and body. Brown or bronzy olive above; a pale 
band on each side of the back, beginning from the supraciliary 
border, and edged with a series of small, more or less confluent dark 
brown spots ; another, narrower, pale band on each side from axilla 
to groin; the interspace between the two light bands on each side 
dark brown; flanks dotted with dark brown, sometimes even over 
the lower light band; a large deep black, white-edged ocellus in the 
axilla; lower surfaces yellowish white, throat usually dotted with 
brown. 
millim. : millim 
Total length ...... 190 Fore limb........ 23 
Head cs ese ase es 17 Hind limb.. 33 
Width of head .... 12 MALE 4 eisisiasteaterasy an 110 
Body wea cka ssa as 63 
Cape Verde Islands. 
a. Several spec. : Porto Praya, St. Jago. H.M.S. ‘Challenger.’ 
ad., hgr., & yg. 
b-e, Ad. St. Jago. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 
f. Several spec.: Brava. Rey. R. T. Lowe tpt 
ad. & hgr. 
g-t. Her. Cape Verde Islands. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 
hk. Ad. Cape Verde Islands. 
l-m. Ad. & hgr, —? Sir E. Belcher [P.]. (Types 
of Euprepis beichert.) 
4, Mabuia vaillantii. (Piare VIL.) 
Head short and feebly depressed, similar to that of Lacerta agilis. 
Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril just 
above or behind the vertical of the suture between the rostral and 
the first labial; a postnasal; anterior loreal in contact with the first 
labial; supranasals in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal 
broader than long ; prefrontals forming a median suture; frontal 
‘pentagonal, in contact with the second and third supraoculars ; four 
