198 SCINCIDA. 
52. Mabuia quinqueteniata. 
Euprepis quinqueteniatus, Gray, Cat. p. 112. 
Scineus quinquetaniatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 103. 
Mabuya quinquoteniata, Fitzing. N. Classif. Rept. p. 52. 
aie kk Audouin, Descr. Egypte, Rept., Suppl. p. 177, pl. ii. 
gs. 3 
Tiliqua quinquestriata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 290. 
Euprepes savignyi, Dum. & Bibr. v. p.677; Gravenh. N. Acta Ac. 
eop.-Carol, xxiii. 1851, i. p. 829, pl. xxxiii,; Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ac. 1854, p. 618. 
— margaritifer, Peters, l.c.*, and Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 64, 
pl. x. fig. 1; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lis. iv. 1872, p. 80. 
Euprepis gularis, Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1864, p. 61. 
— kirhi, Gray, J. c. p. 62, pl. ix. fig. 1. 
Euprepes binotatus, Bocage, Jorn. Se, Lisb. i. 1867, p. 280, pl. iii. fig. 3. 
Snout rather elongate, obtusely acuminate. Lower eyelid with 
an undivided transparent disk. Nostril just above or behind the 
vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; a 
postnasal ; anterior loreal usually not or but slightly in contact with 
the first labial; supranasals in contact behind the rostral; fronto- 
nasal broader than long, usually separated from the frontal by the 
prefrontals ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than the fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the second and 
third, or first, second, and third, supraoculars; five or six supra- 
ciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, as large as or smaller than the 
interparietal; parietals usuaily meeting behind the interparietal; a 
pair of nuchals; four, sometimes five, labials anterior to the sub- 
ocular, which is not or but slightly narrowed inferiorly. Ear- 
opening oval, with three to five short obtusely-pointed lobules 
anteriorly. Dorsal and lateral scales more or less strongly tricari- 
nate, anterior nuchals mostly quinquecarinate; 36 to 44 scales 
round the middle of the body, dorsals largest. The hind limb 
reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb or the axillar pit. 
Subdigital lamelle sometimes smooth, usually more or less strongly 
unicarinate. Tail once and a half to once and three fourths the 
length of head and body. Young blackish brown above, with five 
yellowish-white longitudinal bands, the upper of the laterals com- 
mencing from the eye, the lower from the upper lip; tail blue; 
lower surfaces greyish blue. The adults vary extremely: upper 
parts brown or olive, with or without the light bands so conspicuous 
in the young; a blackish, often white-dotted band, or some large 
black spots on the temple and the side of the neck; lower surfaces 
whitish, throat often dotted or marbled with dark brown. 
i millim. 
Total length ...... 240 Fore limb........ 31 
Head 212% ce sees 20 Hind limb........ 42 
Width of head .... 15 Wail! 3.4% aa wtayencew 154 
Body secdicewe ae 66 
* Types examined, 
