Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Another discrepancy in the above-mentioned figure is that two labials 
are suboculars, whereas in all the specimens I have seen only one labial 
enters the eye, and this agrees with the actual description of the species. 
One specimen in the Port Elizabeth Museum collection is anomalous 
in possessing a pair of fronto-parietals, which are, however, widely 
separated ; judging from this specimen it appears probable that the frontal 
of a normal Herpetosaura is formed by fusion of the fronto-parietals with 
the frontal proper. 
Distribution of the Species. 
Mabuia stangeri Gray. — A West African species, extending south- 
wards into Damaraland. 
Mabuia depressa Pet. — Described from Tette, Mozambique. 
Mabuia homalorephala Wieg. — This species is recorded by Dr. Jean 
Roux from Rikatla (Mozambique). The Natal Government Museum has 
specimens from Indukuduku and M’seleni (Zululand) ; Mr. Pym has taken 
it at Kingwilliamstown ; and the South African Museum has records from 
O’okiep (Namaqualand), from the Cape Division, from Knysna, and from 
Natal. Smith collected this species ( Euprepes smithii) in “stony arid 
districts to the north-east of the Cape Colony.” There are no records from 
the Transvaal, nor from the Orange Free State and central districts 
of the Cape Province. 
Mabuia peringuegi Boul. (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1888, 6, 2, 139.) — 
The South African Museum has specimens from Damaraland and from 
O’okiep, Namaqualand. 
Mabuia trivittata Cuv. — This is probably the commonest skink in South 
Africa. It is abundant in the Transvaal (Pretoria, Witwatersrand, 
Middelburg, Zoutpansberg, and Lydenburg Districts), Orange Free State, 
and Cape Province, at any rate as far east as East London (Transvaal 
Museum). There is no record north of the Limpopo, and none from Natal 
or Zululand. Miss Wilman has this species from Mochudi, and it occurs 
in Lesser Namaqualand and in Damaraland. 
Mabuia occidentalis Pet. — This species occurs in South Angola, where, 
according to Bocage, it occupies the Jittoral zone. It is found in Herero- 
land, Damaraland, and Lesser Namaqualand. Dr. Jean Roux records it 
from Matjesfontein, Cape Province, and from the Rustenburg District of 
the Transvaal. 
Mabuia gruetzneri Pet. — Recorded in the British Museum Catalogue 
from Gerlachshoop, which is in the Middelburg District of the Transvaal. 
Dr. Jean Roux records it from the Pretoria District (see previous note). 
Mabuia quinquetaeniaia Licht. — This blue-tailed skink is a tropical 
species' occurring in German East Africa and in Angola. Bocage states 
that it is found only in the littoral and intermediate zones of Angola, and 
this is probably the case also in South Africa. 
It extends southwards in an easterly direction as far as the Transvaal 
and Zululand. Werner records it from Grahamstown, Cape Province, but 
X have seen no specimen from Cape Province, and neither specimen nor record 
