7. MABUIA. 161 
round the middle of the -body, laterals smallest. Limbs long ; the 
hind limb reaches the axilla or not quite so far. Subdigital 
lamelle smooth. Tail not quite twice as long as head and body, 
cylindrical, slightly compressed posteriorly. Olive, lighter inferiorly, 
above variegated with darker and lighter. 
millim, millim., 
Total length ...... 237 Fore limb........ 29 
Head ge ne seas 19 Hind limb........ 43 
Width of head .... 13 Path: cnctveeass oe 150 
BOOP sis sa ae coches 68 
Demerara; Fernando de Noronha. 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. Fernando de Noronha. Lordsof the Admiralty [Ps]. 
H.M.S. ‘ Chanticleer.’ (T'ypes.) 
e-d. Ad.; very Demerara. Capt. Sabine [P.]. (Types 
bad state. of T’. maculata.) 
e. Ad. —?P (Type of M. punctatissima.) 
6. Mabuia sechellensis. 
Euprepis cyanogaster (non Less.), Gray, Cat. p. 114. 
Euprepes sechellensis, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 682. 
Snout rather elongate, narrow, obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid 
with an undivided semitransparent disk. Nostril behind the vertical 
of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; a postnasal ; 
anterior loreal slightly or not in contact with the first labial ; 
frontonasal slightly longer than broad, forming a short suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal; latter about as long as the fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the three 
anterior, or rarely only the two anterior, supraoculars ; four supra- 
oculars, second largest ; six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, 
shorter than the interparietals; parietals forming a suture behind 
the latter shield; a pair of nuchals; subocular between the fifth 
and sixth upper labials, and at least twice as long, not narrowed 
inferiorly. Ear-opening suboval, smaller than the eye-opening, 
with two to four minute lobules or projecting granules anteriorly. 
Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales with five to nine strong keels; 
86 to 38 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The 
hind limb reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital 
lamellae smooth. ‘Tail once and a half to once and three fourths the 
length of head and body. Olive-brown above, with small darker 
and lighter spots; a whitish lateral streak from the upper lip to the 
groin; a broad dark brown band above the light streak; a small 
black spot in the axilla; a black streak along the hinder side of the 
thigh ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 242 Fore limb........ 27 
Head......... ina 21 Hind limb........ 35 
Width of head .... 14 Maa si se Sea eee teeta 150 
Body os gic oot calen 71 i. 
