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13 lines ; of tail 1 inch, 6 lines ; of anterior extremities 6 lines ; of posterior, 

 8 lines. 



Habitat. Cape of Good Hope. Found in the moist crevices of rocks ; com- 

 mon near Simon's Town, Oct. 1853. 



Agamidje. 



Agama Daud. 



Agama atea Daud. 



Agama atra D. & B., torn. iv. p. 493. 



Agama atra Smith, Zoology of S. Africa, Appendix, p. 14. Four specimens. 

 Very common at the Cape of Good Hope. Found sunning themselves on 

 rocks ; motions slow. Collected Oct. 1855, by Lieut. Van Wyck. 



Agama aculeata ? One specimen. D. & 13. torn. iv. p. 499. Very common 

 at the Cape of Good Hope. Found sunning themselves on rocks ; motions 

 slow. Collected by Lieut. Van Wyck. 



ZoySVRlDJE. 



Zonprps griseos D. & B,, torn. v. p. 350. Seven specimens. Taken under 

 stones in high ground. Very common at the Cape of Good Hope. Oct. 

 1853. W. S. 



AUTOSAURIENS. 



Eremias knoxii D. & B. torn. v. 299. Smith, Zoology S. Africa, pi. 43. One 

 specimen. Taken in arid places, near Cape Horn. Its motions are exceedingly 

 quick. Oct. 1853. W. S. 



Scincid^i. 

 Gerrhosaurus. 



Gerrhosaurus sepiformis D. B. Smith, Zoology of S. Africa, pi. 41. D. & 

 B., torn. v. p. 384. 



Scincus sepiformis Schneider. Hist. Amphib. fascic, ii. p. 191. 



Scincus sepiformis Merrem, Tent. Syst. Amphib. p. 70. One specimen, found 

 under a stone on a grassy plat near Simons Town, Cape of Good Hope. Oct. 

 1853. W. S. 



Gen. Acontias Cuvier. 



Acontias meleagris D. & B. torn. v. p. 802, pi. 58. One specimen, found 

 under a stone, in a moist situation, near Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, 

 Oct. 1853. W. S. According to Dumeril & Bibron, this species is very 

 common in the neighborhood of the Cape of Good Hope. 



OPHIDIANS. 



Proterogltphes. 



Serpens proteroglyphes ou Apistophides D. & B. 1st Sect. Conocercal pro- 

 teroglyphes. 



Gen. Naja. 



Naja haji. Aspis of the old authors. Urozus Wagler. 



Var. i n te r mi x t a D. & B. One specimen. Smith, Zoology of Southern 

 Africa, Var. B. pi. xix. This specimen was captured at Constantia, Cape of 

 of Good Hope, Oct. 1853, byCapt. Ringgold. Another specimen, brown above, 

 with yellow spots upon the neck. The latter specimen measures 4 feet 5 

 ncb.es in length ; tail 8 inches. 



Solenoglyphes. 



Serpens solenoglyphes ou Thanatophides D. & B. 



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