228 Gen. Hardwicke S^ Mr, Gray, on the Saurian Reptiles , SfC* 



Is this the S. trilineatus^ Schneid. ii. 202. ? The scales of the 

 tail are uniform. 



Gen. 2. Lyc^osoma, n. g. 



Corpore cauddque longis cylindricis, cauda parum attenuata, 

 squamis paribus imbricatis tecta; pedibus quatuor breviusculis, 

 digitis 5. 5. inaequalibus unguiculatis ; capite scutato; auribus 

 depressis parum vero occultis. 



Body long, cylindrical. Tail long, cylindrical, slightly attenu- 

 ated; equally covered with imbricate scales. Legs 4. rather short. 

 Toes 5. 5. unequal, clawed. Head shielded. Tympanum of the 

 ears sunk, but distinct. 



Head with one rostral, one anterior and one posterior frontal, 

 a large anterior and a small triangular posterior vertebral, and two 

 oval occipital shields. 



The animals of this genus are separated from the Seines by the 

 cylindrical form of their body and tail, and the shortness and 

 weakness of their legs. They agree with them in the scales, num- 

 ber of toes, and in having a visible tympanum, which separates 

 them from the Anguis quadrupes of Linnaeus. They are separated 

 from Seps by the form and number of their toes. 



1. Li. serpens. 



Corpore supra aureo-subfusco nitente, subtus albido, lineis nigris 

 longitudinalibus multis ; squamis hexagonis; caudae cajrulescentis 

 lineis interruptis. 



Lacerta serpens. ^' Bloeh, Besck. Berl. Naturf. ii. 28." 



GmeL Si/st. Nat, 1078. 75. excl. syn. Linn. 

 Scincus brachypus (pars.) Sehneid. Amph. ii. 192. 

 Seps pentadactylus (pars.) Daud. Rept. iv. 325. 

 Ghalcide Serpentin. Latreille^ Hist. Rept. ii. 87. 

 Icon. " Block. Ibid. ii. t. 2." Gmel. 



Inhabits India. Java, Dr. Horsjield. 



Bodyj above shining golden brown, beneath whitish, with 

 16 — 18 longitudinal black lines, scales sexangular, with a line 

 between each series. Tail bluish, with the lines interrupted. 

 Length, 8 inches. Head to fore-legs^ | inch ; to hind-legs, 2|* 

 Tail, 3| inches. 



