36 REPTILES. 



** Ventral shields lO-rotved. 



The C.AJ>E Zermoumeah. Algira capensis, A. Smith, May. 

 N. H. ii. 94. Diim. et Bib. E. G. v. 171. 



Reddish yellow ahove, with 2 or 3 series of hlack spots or streaks; 

 femoral pores 10 — 13; head-shields rough, grooved, frontal with 

 a groove. 



Iiihah. S. Airica. Mus. Dr. A. Smith. 



Du^ieril's Zermoumeah. Algira Dumerilii. " Tropidosaura 

 Dumerilii, A. Smith.''' Dum.et Bih.E. G. v. 167, (not desciihed). 

 Inhah. S. Africa. Mus. Dr. A. Smith. 



B. Toes heeled beneath, and sometimes fringed on the sides. Scales 

 rliombic, keeled. Posterior nasal shield single. Psammodromina. 



9. AcAfiTHOT)ACT:Yi.vs, Fitzinger. Podarcis, part, PTa^fer. 

 Meroles, and Scrapteira, Gray. Ida, Grag, MSS. 



Nostrils lateral, roundish, in the lower hinder angle of the na- 

 sal, v^ith a single posterior nasal. Palate not toothed. Eyelid dis- 

 tinct, scaly. Collar distinct, scaly. Scales of the hack rhomhoidal, 

 imbricate, smooth or keeled. Ventral shields rhombic, contracted 

 behind, with oblique sides. Toes 5-5, rather compressed, keeled 

 beneath and toothed on the sides. Preanal shields numerous, the 

 central often placed one behind the other. 



* The central series of ventral shields narrowed on each side behind. 



Dorsal scales equal, smooth. 



The Rapid Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus velox. Lacerta 

 velox, Duges, Ann. S. Nat. xvi. 383, not syn. A. vulgaris, Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. v. 268. Scrapteira pulchella, and S. leiocerea. Gray, 

 Ann. N.H.i. 280. 



Scales of the back small, equal, smooth ; the front edge of the 

 ear granular ; the large shield under the eyes triangular, coming 

 down between the fourth and fifth upper labial ; collar of 9 or 11 

 scales, the middle largest; ventral shields 10-rowed ; upper labial 

 shields 5. 



a. Adult, in spirits. N. Africa ? 



b. Half-grown, in spirits. N. Africa. From the Berlin Museum. 



c. Adult, in spirits. N. Africa ? Presented by P. B. Webb, Esq. 



Bell's Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus Bellii. 



Scales very small, granular, equal, smooth ; front edge of the 

 ear granular ; temple with minute scales, with a narrow elongate 

 shield on the upper edge ; preanal shields forming a lozenge- 

 shaped spot ; black, with 6 white streaks ; hind legs with 3 series 

 of white spots. 



a — d. In spirits. Algiers. 



