164 SCINCID. 
lateral scales with four to seven strong keels; 34 to 36 scales round 
the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The hind limb reaches the 
wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamella 
smooth. Tail once and a half to once and two thirds the length of 
head and body. Olive-brown above, with small darker and lighter 
spots ; an irregular broad, dark brown lateral band, light-edged on 
the head and neck; upper labials frequently olive-brown, each with 
a greenish-white spot or streak ; lower surfaces yellowish or 
greenish white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 220 Fore limb........ 28 
Head. vies) cece ws 20 Hind limb ...... 36 
Width of head .... 14 Tail s0 ines esses 135 
Body wisceevennas 65 
Comoro Islands ; Mozambique? 
a. Many spec.: ad. & hgr. Johanna. C. E, Bewsher, Esq. [C.]. 
&. Ad. Mozambique. i 
10. Mabuia maculilabris. (Pxrare IX. fig. 2.) 
Euprepis maculilabris, Gray, Cat. p. 114. 
Euprepes anchietz, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 62. 
notabilis, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, 1879, p. 36 *. 
—— maculilabris, . Miiller, Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, 
p. 159. 
angasijanus, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 73 *. 
Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided semi- 
transparent disk. Nostril just above or behind the vertical of the 
suture between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal; anterior 
loreal not, or but slightly, in contact with the first labial; supra- 
nasals in contact behind the rostral, or narrowly separated; fronto- 
nasal broader than long, sometimes in contact with the frontal ; 
latter as long as, or slightly longer than, the frontoparietals and 
interparietal together, in contact with the second and third supra- 
oculars ; four supraoculars, second largest; five supraciliaries; 
frontoparietals distinct, a little smaller than the interparietal ; 
parietals sometimes forming a suture behind the interparietal, 
sometimes entirely separated; a pair of nuchals; subocular be- 
tween the fourth and fifth upper labials, about twice as long as 
these shields, not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening suboval, 
smaller than the eye-opening, the anterior border simple or with 
very indistinct projecting granules. Dorsal and lateral seales 
strongly quinquecarinate, nuchals mostly septemcarinate ; 30 to 32 
scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The hind limb 
reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamelle 
smooth. ‘Tail about twice as long as head and body. Olive above, 
* Types examined. 
