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Show 644 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, stuffed specimens in the Siamese Museum from Prachai and Angtong. Hab. Ceylon, Nepal, Bengal, Burma, Siam, China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (where I obtained specimens from Kudat), Celebes, Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Philippines, and Cape York, N. Australia. Family LACERTIDJE. TACHYDROMUS SEXLINEATUS Daud. Tachydromus sexlineatus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 4. This lizard, which has been recorded from both Burma and Cochinchina, will probably be eventually found in Siam. Hob. Sikhim, Assam, Khasi Hills, Burma, South China, Cochin-china, Java, Borneo, and possibly Japan. Family SCINCIDCE. Tbe Skinks present more difficulties in identification than other families of East-Indian lizards, owing to the large number of closely allied species and to the varieties of colours in different individuals of some of the species; moreover, they are more difficult to collect owing to their extreme agility, and the naturalist who wishes to do so and to observe their habits must be prepared to remain motionless, while he watches them, sometimes for hours, under a scorching tropical sun. Mabuia multifasciata and M. siamensis are particularly sun-lovers, preferring to bask and play in the hottest spots ; Lygosoma bowringii, however, is crepuscular, and L. chalcides a burrower. Some species frequent the sea-shore between tide-marks, Lygosoma atrocostatum I found on a rock which was covered at high water, and L. parietale we found on the coast of Brunei, Borneo, on the mud of the mangrove swamps ; we saw large numbers of this species, which, when running, carries its tail raised in a stiff curl over the back, a peculiarity I have not observed in any other skink. As a rule skiuks avoid water, but Mabuia multifasciata, to avoid capture, will readily plunge into a stream or pond and swim away. 73. MABUIA NOVEMCARINATA (And.). Mabuia novemcarinata, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 179. Recorded from Penang (S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 873). Hab. Burma, Malay Peninsula. 74. MABUIA MACULARIA (Blyth). Mabuia macularia, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 182. M. Mouhot obtained this Skink in Cambodia, and I received three specimens from Kosichang, Gulf of Siam; the largest measured 141 mm. in total length (snt. to vnt. 61 ; tail 80). Hab, Central and North-eastern India, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, |