38 REPTILES. 



fff Dorsal scales larger in front. 



Bosk's Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus Boskianus, Fitz. MS. 

 Weigm. H. 31. 10. Bum. et Bib. E. G. v. 278. Lacerta Boskia- 

 na, Daud. Rept.m. 188, t. 36, f. 1, young. Lickt. Douh. 100. L. 

 aspera, Audouin, Rept. Egypt, i. 174. Savig. Supp. t. 1,/. 10. L. 

 carinata, Schinz, Abbild. 102, t. 39,/. 4. L. longicaudata, Reuss, 

 Mus. Senck. i. 30. Scrapteira inequalis, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 280. 



Scales of the back rhomboidal, keeled, imbricate; of the hind- 

 er part of the neck the largest; ear toothed in front; ventral shields 

 10-rowed; collar angular, of 9 or 11 shields, the middle one larg- 

 est, not fixed. 



a. Adult, in spirits. N. Africa, Egypt. Presented by James 

 Burton, Esq. 



** The 2 central series of ventral shields narrowed on each side 



behind. 



The Plain SpiiNED-Foox. Acanthodactylus inornatus. Scrap- 

 teira inornata. Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 281. 



Greenish olive ; tail with a dark streak on each side ; beneath 

 silvery white ; scales of the back small, ovate, acutely keeled ; of 

 the base of the tail broad ; preanal scales 10 or 12. subequal, pla- 

 ced in 4 transverse subalternate series, with small scales on the 

 sides ; ventral shields 12-rowed. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Tripoli. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 

 h. Adult, in spirits, not good state. Egypt. Presented b^^ M. 

 Lefebre. 



10. Vi\uyi.ODROMV^, Fitz., Weigm. Notophilis and Aspistis, 



Wagler, Weigm. 



Nostrils lateral, in the lower hinder angle of a flat scale above 

 the first labial, with a single shield behind it. Eyelids distinct, 

 scaly. Scales of the back rhombic, keeled, imbricate. Throat 

 with a distinct fold, covered with small scales. Collar none, but 

 a small arched fold before each shoulder. Ventral shields 4-sided, 

 smooth. Toes 5-5, rather compressed, keeled beneath, not toothed 

 on the side. 



The Garriques. Psammodromus hispanicus, Fitz. Rept. 52. 

 Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 283. Lacerta Edwardsiana, Duges, Ann. S. 

 N. xvi. 386, t. 14,/. 1—6. Wagler, Syst. 142. Weigiti. H. M. 10. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 253. Bonap. Ann. Sci. Nat, Zool. xii. 62, 

 t.4A.f.2. 



Olive, spotted ^vith black, with 2 white streaks on each side ; 

 scales of the temple small, subequal, many-sided, not imbricate ; 

 of the back rhomboidal, imbricate, keeled ; ventral shields 6-rowed. 



Inhab. S. of France, Spain. Mus. Paris. ISI us. Frank. 



