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a. Head conical. Rostral rounded. 

 * Scales keeled. American. 



1. Gymnophthalmus, Merrem. Salamandra, Lacep. Latr. 



Head 4-sided, rather depressed. Rostral plate large, 6-sided. 

 Eyelid none apparent. Eyes distinct, open. Nostrils lateral, in 

 a large square nasal plate ; supranasal none. Tongue scaly, nick- 

 ed at the tip. Pahite toothless, v/ith a longitudinal groove. Body 

 fusiform. Scales of the back and tail keeled, 6-sided, wider than 

 long. Legs 4. Toes 4-5, unequal, clawed. Preanal scales 4. 



The Americima. Gymnophthalmus lineata, Gravenh. Cat. 

 Mus. Bres. t. 25. Gray., Ann. N. H. ii. 335. Gymn. quadriline- 

 ata, Nieuwied, Braz. Ahhild. t. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 820. 



G. Merremii, Coct. Seine. 1. Seps lineatus, Laur, Syn. 60. Scin- 

 cus quadrilineatus, Daud. Rept. iv. 266. S. cyanurus, Schinz. 

 Seba, Thes. ii. 43, t. 46, /. 6. Pedver, Gaz. i. 59,/. 4. Lacerta 

 lineata, and L. 4-lineata, Gmel. 



Brownish-green bronze, sides blackish, with a yellowish streak 

 above and below. 



Inhab, Brazils and Martinique. Mus. Paris, 



** Scales smooth. Old World and Australasia. 



s 2. Ablepharus, Cocteau, Weigmann. 



Head subquadrangular. Nostrils lateral, in the middle of tri- 

 angular approximating nasals ; frontoparietal plates 2 ; suprana- 

 sal none ; internasal single. Eyelids rudimentary, circular, more 

 or less mobile. Pupil round. Tongue flat, scaly, nicked at the 

 tip. Teeth simple, conical. Palate not toothed, with a triangular 

 notch. Ears distinct. Body fusiform. Scales smooth. Legs 4. 

 Toes 5-5, unequal, rather compressed. Preanal plates 2, large. 



* Ears very small, nearly hidden. Eyelid half -circular. 



The Hungarian Ablepharus. Ablepharus Pannouicus, 

 Licht. Doiib. 103. Fitz. Berol. Mag. 1824, 297, t. 14. Gray, Ann. 

 N. H. i. 335. Scincus Pannouicus, Schreib. Mus. Vienna. S. 

 platycephalus, Peron, Mus. Paris. Lacerta nitida, Kitaibel, Mus. 

 Paris. Ablephams Kitaibelii, Exped. Morea, Rept. 69, t. 11,/. 4. 

 Coct. Scincoide, t. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 809. 



Coppery green, with a white-edged brown band on each side ; 

 eye with only a posterior half-circular lid; body elongate ; eai^s 

 very small, nearly hidden ; limbs short, front only as long as the 

 neck, 

 rt, b. Adult, in spirits. Eastern Europe. Hungary. From Dr. 



Heckle's collection. 

 c. In spirits, not in a good state. E. Europe. From the Berlin 



Museum. t; 2 



