7. MABUIA. 191 
Copengtossam cinctum, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 45, pl. iii. 
g. 4. 
Mabuia cepedii, Cope, J. ¢. p. 186. 
See (Eumeces) bistriatus, Steindachn. Novara, Rept. p. 44. 
—- (Mabuia) cinctus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 400, 
Mabiuys agilis, part., Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 395, pl. xxii. B. 
tigs. 2, 6. 
? Mabuya metallica, Bocourt, 1. c. p. 400, fig. 1. 
Mabuia enea, part., O’Shaughn. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 236. 
Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 
parent disk. A postnasal; anterior loreal not or but slightly in 
contact with the first labial; supranasals in contact behind the 
rostral or narrowly separated; frontonasal broader than long, 
usually in contact with the truncate anterior angle of the frontal; 
prefrontals rarely forming a median suture; frontal usually a little 
shorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in con- 
tact with the second supraocular only ; four supraoculars, second 
very large; four supraciliaries, second largest; frontoparietals two, 
about as large as the interparietal; parietals in contact behind the 
latter ; one pair of nuchals; usually four upper labials (sometimes 
five or six) anterior to the subocular, which is not narrowed in- 
feriorly. Ear-opening roundish, smaller than the eye-opening, as 
large as or a little smaller than a lateral scale, without projecting 
lobules. Dorsal scales perfectly smooth or very slightly striated ; 
28 to 34 scales round the middle of the body, laterals a little 
smaller than the others. Limbs meeting or failing to meet when 
pressed against the body. Subdigital lamella smooth. Tail once 
and one fourth to once and three fifths as long as head and body. 
Olive or bronzy above, with a few small dark brown spots; usually 
a well-defined broad dark brown lateral band, passing through the 
eye and extending to the base of the tail, bordered inferiorly, 
and sometimes also superiorly, by a light streak; lower surfaces 
yellowish-white or greyish. 
willim. millim. 
Total length ...... 220 Fore limb ........ 23 
PLGA ic. bce) ass cacals Sis 17 Hind limb........ 30 
Width of head .... 13 BSea ls las iengafa-a evita 65 140 
Body ...... eee 73 
Central America; Tropical South America. 
a-b, Ad. & her. Yucatan. 
e. Hgr. Vera Cruz. 
d. Ad. Salvador. M. Bocourt fe A 
e. Ad. Venezuela. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 
f. Ad. British Guiana. Sir R. Schomburgk [P.]. 
g. Ad. Rio Janeiro. G. Busk, Esq. [P.]. 
A. Ad. Brazil. 
7, Ad. Pallatanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 
