§0 THE CKOCODlLliS A^'D LlZAKDb Uii BORNEO. 



Have separated tliis form from J/, rugiftva on account of 

 its brilliant red throat, whereas in M. rugifera in the adult it is 

 pale cobalt blue, otherwise the two lizards are similar, but at 

 the same time we obtain males and females of the two species 

 constantly in the same district, therefore, we may consider it 

 a local race or a district species, especially when we look at the 

 three species of Halcyon given by Mr. R. B. Sharpe in the British 

 Museum Catalag'iie. 



This lizard is certainly not so abundant as M. rugifera^ al- 

 thoug^h it inhabits the same sandy lanes and jungle paths about 

 Kuching, and the district. 



I have examined the sexes of a large series. 



Kuching, Sarawak {E. Bartlett.) 



50. — Mahuia miihifasciata, Boulen. Cat. Lizards, vol. iii, 

 p. 186, 18«7. S.M, 

 Male. — Sides, unspotted; upper and lower lips, brick red; 

 chin and throat, chrome yellow ; belly, dark grey tinged with 

 green ; under part of tail, pale brown. 

 Obtained October, 1893. 



This is an adult male in breeding colours, and many have 

 the sides of the neck brick-red. 



Mabuia multifasciata. 



Male. — i'orso-lateral band, bright-red ; upper and lower lips, 

 brick-red ; chin and throat, greyish-white speckled with yellow ; 

 belly, pale yellowish-browm. 



A young male assuming the yellow throat. 



Mabuia multifasciata. 



Male. — Above, dark brown ; dorsolateral line, pale brown- 

 ish-buff ; sides, dark-brown, unspotted ; chin and throat, grey ; 

 lips, tinged with brick red ; chest and belly, dull green; under 

 part of tail, silvery white. 



A young male. 



Mabuia multifasciata. 



Female. — Above, dark-brown, with five longitudinal black 

 Ihies ; dorso-lateral streak, pale brown ; sides, blackish-brown ; 

 a series of yellowish white spots from the ear along the sides to 

 the base of tail; chhi and throat, silvery white; chest beljy and 

 underside of tail, yellowish-biown. 



Old female in breeding colours. 



