180 SCINCIDH. 
rostral ; frontonasal broader than long, sometimes in contact with 
the frontal ; latter usually as long as, or a little shorter than, the 
frontoparietals and interparietal together, sometimes not longer than 
the frontoparietals, in contact with the second, or rarely first and 
second, supraoculars; four supraoculars, second largest; six supra- 
ciliaries, first longest; frontoparietals distinct, as long as, or longer 
than, the interparietal, which usually entirely separates the parietals ; 
a pair of nuchals; four labials anterior to the subocular, which is 
large and not narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening oval, as large as 
or a little smaller than a lateral scale, with three short pointed 
lobules anteriorly. Dorsal and nuchal scales tri- or quinquecari- 
nate, sometimes very feebly ; 30 or 32 scales round the middle of 
the body, subequal. The adpressed limbs meet or slightly overlap. 
Subdigital lamellz unicarinate. Scales on upper surface of tibia 
mostly tricarinate. Tail once and two thirds to twice and one fifth 
the length of head and body. The coloration varies considerably, 
but a lateral black band, edged above and below with a whitish 
streak, is constant. Some (young) specimens black above, with 
seven light longitudinal lines; others olive-brown with four black 
dorsal streaks, which may not extend further back than the nape; 
or a light black-edged vertebral band may be present; head-shields 
spotted or variegated with black; limbs and tail rufous; lower 
surfaces white. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 178 Fore limb ........ 17 
Head..........-- 13 Hind limb........ 23 
Width of head .... 9 Tail saawsacswas 122 
Body ss seaccaveas 43 
Central and Southern India. 
a, Ad. Mysore. T.C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (Type. 
6. Yg. Belen. Col. Beddome at 1 ype) 
c-d,e-f. Ad. & yg. Tinuevelly. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
g. Ad. Sevagherry Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
A-l. Ad. Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
m-r. Ad., hgr., & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome ot 
31. Mabuia vertebralis. 
Tiliqua trivittata (non Gray), Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 
1853, p. 478; Theobald, Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 24. 
Euprepes trivittatus, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, 
p. 857; Theobald, Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 650. 
Eumeces trivittatus, Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 158. 
Euprepes (Tiliqua) trivittatus, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xii. 
1872, p. 119. 
Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind the 
vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; no 
postnasal; anterior loreal in contact with the first labial, much 
deeper and shorter than the second; supranasals in contact 
