194 SCINCIDZ. 
a-b, c-d. Ad, Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. py 
e. Ad, Jamaica. R. Heward, Esq. [P. ]. 
f. Ad. Jamaica. Sir W. Hooker [P.]. 
g. Ad. Jamaica. 
h-t, Ad, Bluefields, Jamaica. My. Fraser [C.]. 
k-o. Ad. Sta. Cruz, W. Indies. A. Newton, Esq. [P.]. 
47. Mabuia frenata. 
Mabouya cepedii (non Coct.), Gray, Cat. p. 95. ; 
? Scincus sloanti, Wied, Beitr. Nat. Bras. i. p. 195, and Abbild. 
Emeea frenata, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 187. — 
Eumeces (Mabouya) nattereri, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, 1xii. 1. 
1870, p. 339, pl. ili. fig. 4. “3 
Mabuya frenata, Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex., Rept. p. 404, pl. xxii. c. 
fig. 6. 
Mabuia nea, part., O’Shaughn. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1881, p. 236. 
— (Emeea) frenata, Boetty. Zeitschr. f. Naturw. lviii. 1885, p. 228. 
Snout moderate, 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; frontonasal broader than long, in contact with the truncate 
anterior angle of the frontal ; latter shield as large as or a little larger 
than the interparietal, in contact with the second supraocular only ; 
four supraoculars, second very large; five or six supraciliaries ; 
frontoparietals united into a single shield ; parietals in contact behind 
the interparietal ; one (or two) pair of nuchals; five (or six) labials 
anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening triangular, about as large 
as a lateral scale, without projecting lobules. Scales smooth, 30 or 
32 round the middle of the body, laterals a little smaller. Limbs 
meeting or overlapping when pressed against the body. Subdigital 
lamella smooth. ‘Tail slightly longer than head and body. Brown 
above, with small irregular darker and lighter spots, or with a 
double series of blackish spots forming a pair of vertebral bands ; 
a broad blackish-brown lateral band, bordered inferiorly by a more 
or less distinct light band, commencing from the nostril and passing 
through the eye ; lower surfaces dirty white, with more or less dis- 
tinct greyish longitudinal lines corresponding with the lateral edge 
of the scales. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 183 Fore limb........ 22 
Head ............ 17 Hind limb........ 28 
Width of head .... 12 PAR secgsess acca yencaie 98 
Body cccowcaes See 68 
Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine Republic. 
a, Hgr. Brazil. 
b-c, Ad. Paraguay. 
d. Her. Candelaria, Proy. Missiones, § Marquis G. Doria [E.]. 
Argentine Rep. 
