7. MABUIA. 183 
labial ; no postnasal ; anterior loreal deeper and shorter than ‘the 
second; frontonasal as long as broad or a little broader than long, 
in contact with the rostral and usually also with the frontal ; latter 
as long as or a little longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal 
together, in contact with the second, or first and second, supraoculars; 
four supraoculars, second largest; five supraciliaries, third longest ; 
frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal, which entirely 
separates the parietals; a pair of nuchals; four, exceptionally three, 
labials anterior to the subocular, which is large and not narrowed in- 
feriorly. Ear-opening oval, as large as or a little smaller than a lateral 
scale, without or with a few very indistinct lobules anteriorly. Dorsal, 
nuchal, and lateral scales sharply quinque- or septemcarinate ; 26 to 
80 scales round the middle of the body, subequal. The adpressed limbs 
meet or overlap, but the hind limb never reaches quite so far as the 
elbow. Digits short; subdigital lamelle smooth. Scales on upper 
surface of tibia mostly bicarinate. Tail once and one fourth to once 
and three fourths the length of head and body. Brown or olive- 
brown above, sides darker and usually with black-edged spots; back 
uniform, or black-spotted, or with one or two black longitudinal 
lines; sometimes two light lateral lines on each side, well marked 
only on the neck ; lower surfaces yellowish (in spirit). 
millim, millim 
Total length ...... 147 Fore limb........ 16 
Head, co ncceaes ves 14 Hind limb ...... 22 
Width ofhead .... 11 EPI ys. Geta Gide vee tke 84 
Body? 2seaseicver ss 49 
Central and North-eastern India, Burma, Indo-China. 
a, Ad. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [C.]. 
b, Ad. ' Madras. Capt. Beavan [P.]. 
e-d, Ad. Balarangams. Col. pPeocemer 
e-f. Ad. Godavery valley. W. T. Blanford, Esq. fet 
g. Several spec. Near Dumaserdiam, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
Godavery valley. 
h-m. Ad. & hgr. Bhundara District, Cen- W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
tral Provinces. 
n-o. Ad. Near Ellore. W. T. Blanford, Esq. Pt 
p. Ad. Sadya. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [ P.]. 
gq. Ad. Khasia. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
x. Ad. Gamboja. M. Mouhot [C.]. 
s-t. Ad. P W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 
u. Ad. ——? [Afghanistan]. Dr. Griffith. 
34. Mabuia brevis. (Prare XI. fig. 1.) 
Euprepes (Tiliqua) brevis, Giiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 225. 
Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind the 
vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; no 
postnasal; anterior loreal deeper and shorter than the second; 
frontonasal broadly in contact with the rostral, less extensively with 
the frontal; latter as long as or shorter than the frontoparietals and 
