LIZAKDS. 91 



a. Adult, in spirits. North America. Presented by E. Double- 



day, Esq. 



b. Adult, in spirits. Head bruised. N. America. Presented by 



Dr. K. Harlan. 



c. Adult in spirits. Head bruised. W. Indies. 



Tiliqua similis, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 292. 



d. Half-grown ? in spirits. Back with 4 dark streaks. N. Ame- 

 rica. 



Scincus tristatus, Daud. Rept. iv. 290. — Bosc. N. Hist. H. 

 N. xvii. 524, t. 15, f. 2. Plesliodon quinquelineatum, var. A. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 707. Euprepes de Bosc, Coct. Tab. 

 Scincus trilineatus, Schneid. Amph. ii. 202 .?? Scincus bicolor, 

 Harlan, J. Acad. N. S. Phil. iv. 286, ^ 18, /. 1. Tiliqua 

 Sloauii, Grai/, Ann. N. H. ii. Scincus quinquelineatus, Hol- 

 brook, N. Amer. Herpet, iii. 39, t. 6. 



-f-j- Ear denticulated in front. Nasal shield oblong. 



The Blue-tail. Plestiodon quinquelineatum. Lacerta quin- 

 quelineata, Linn. S. N. i. 366. Dand. Rept. iv. 272, t. 55, /. 1. 

 Lac. fasciata, Linn. S. N. i. 369. Holbrook, N. Amer. Herpet. iii. 

 43, t. 7. Euprepis de Catesby, Coct. Tab. E. Lynxe, Weigm. 

 H. Mex. i. 36. Le Queue Bleue, Lacep. Q. O. i. 360. Catesby, 

 Carol, ii. 67. Petiver, Mus. t. \,f. 1. Fauna Japon. 49, t. \,f. 1 — 4, 

 P. quinquelineatum, var. /3. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 707. 



Black or brown, with 5 white streaks, the middle one forked 

 in front ; ears with several small lobules in front ; nasoloreal plate 

 distinct, square. 



a — d. In spirits. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



e. In spirits. N. America. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq. 

 /, g. Young, in spirits. N. America. From Mr. Drummond's 



collection. 

 h. In spirits. N. Holland. 

 i — 0. In spirits. Japan. From the Leyden Museum. . 



* No small shield betiveen the nasal and loreal shields. 



f Ear strongly toothed in front. Nasal shield broad in front. 

 Nostril central, with a triangular space rather above it, (an up- 

 per nasal P J Cyprius. 



The Cyprius. Plestiodon auratus. Lacerta Cyprius, Aldrov. 

 Quad. i. 660. Scincus Cyprius, Cuv R. A. ii. 62. S. auratus, 

 Schn. Amph. ii. 176. S. Schneiderii, Daud. Rept. iv. 291. Geoff. 

 Rept. Egypt, t. 3,/. 3. S. Cepedii, 3Ierr. Tent. 74. Le Dora, 

 Lacep. Q. O. i. 384, t. 25. Anolis gigantesque, Geoff. Rept. Egypt, 

 t. 3,f. 3. Euprepis de Geoffroy, Coct. Tab. Plestiodon Aldro- 

 vandii, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 701. 



