7. MABUIA. 199 
Tropical Africa, North-east Africa, Arabia. 
a-b. Ad. & her, Mt. Sinai. 
c-e. Ad. Luxor. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 
f. Ad. Edfou. Dr, Anderson [P. ]. 
_g,h-m. Ad. & yg. Egypt. A. Paul, Esq. Py 
n. Ad. Senafé, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
o. Ad. Sooroo, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. | P.]. 
p-r. Yg. Tette, Mozambique. Sir J. Kirk fe (Types of 
Euprepis kirkii.) 
s-u, Ad. 8.E. Africa. (Types of Euprepis gularis.) 
v, Ad. Benguela. Prof B. du Bocage [P.]. 
(One of the types of Euprepes binotatus.) 
w. Ad. Lagos. 
z-a. Her. & yg. Senegal. M. Petit [C.]. 
B-y, d-e, Gn Ad.,  W. Africa. og 
her., & yg. 
53. Mabuia lacertiformis. 
Euprepes (Euprepis) lacertiformis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 618, 
and Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 70, pl. x. fig. 2. 
Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided 
transparent disk. Nostril anterior to the vertical of the suture 
between the rostral and the first labial; a postnasal; anterior loreal 
not touching the first labial; supranasals in contact behind the 
rostral; frontonasal a little broader than long, in contact with, or 
narrowly separated from, the frontal; latter as long as the fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the second and 
third supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest; five supra- 
ciliaries; frontoparietals distinct, slightly larger than the inter- 
parietal; parietals in contact behind the latter shield; a pair of 
nuchals; six labials anterior to the subocular, which is much nar- 
rowed inferiorly. Ear-opening with four long pointed lobules 
anteriorly. Dorsal scales mostly quinquecarinate, some occasionally 
tricarinate ; 38 to 40 scales round the body. The hind limb reaches 
the shoulder., Subdigital lamelle smooth. Olive-brown above, black- 
dotted ; limbs with white dots and a black network; a white band 
on each side of the tail; lower surfaces white, with feebly marked 
blackish lines. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ..... 120 Fore limb ........ 18 
Head............ 125 . Hindlimb........ 26 
Width of head .... 6°5 Pail sy eceace gears 71 
Body ........-65. 36°5 
Boror, Mozambique. 
54, Mabuia elegans. 
Euprepes elegans, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619, and Reise n. 
Mossamb. iti. p. 78, pl. xi. fig. 1.” 
Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided trans- 
