LIZARDS. 93 



The EuMECEs. Eumeces Oppelii, Dum. et Bih. E. G. v. 657. 

 Scincus fasciatus and S. annulatus, Oppel, MSS. Mus. Paris. 

 S. elongatus, Bote, MSS. Mus. Lei/d. 



Fulvous, with brown cross bands ; scales brown-edged. 



a. Adult, in spirits. New Guinea. From the Leyden Museum. 



20. Otosaurus. Eumeces, part, Dum. et Bih. 

 Le Keneux, part, Cocteau. 



Head short, thicli. Muzzle conical, rounded. Frontoparie- 

 tal single or 2 separate. Nostrils hueral. Nasal oblong, 4-sided, 

 supernasal 2, contiguous. Lower eyelid scaly, with a cross series 

 of larger scales. Occipital plates none. Palate with a triangular 

 nick behind, toothless. Ears large, circular. Body fusiforai. 

 Limbs strong. Toes 5-5, compressed. Tail conical, compressed. 

 Scales smooth, very small, very numerous, and closely imbricate, 

 the preanal rather larger. 



* Ears tubercular infrorit. Ei/ehrow plates 5-5. 



The Otosaure. Otosaunis microlepis. Eumeces microlepis, 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 659. Keneux de Gaimard, Coct. Tab. 660. 



Fulvous or brown, beneath whitish ; the anterior loreal plate 

 small, triangular, the frontoparietal single, hexagonal, interparie- 

 tal very small, obtusely triangular; superciliary shields 5 on each 

 side; ears large, circular, with several small tubercles on the front 

 edge. 



Inhab. Tongataboo. jMus. Paris, 2 specimens. 



■** Ears simple in front, drum superficial. Ei/eh row -plates 7-7. 



Cuming's Otosaure. Otosaurus Cumingii. 



Brown, with black interrupted cross bands, sides black above, 

 with yellow oblique cross bands, beneath pale yellow, throat black- 

 spotted ; ears large, oblong, simple in front; drum nearly superfi- 

 cial ; eyebrow shields 7-7, transverse, the front one triangular, 

 hinder small ; the first loreal shield square, nearly as large as the 

 second, frontoparietal plates separate, the interparietal as large 

 as the former, obtusely trigonal. 



a, b. Half grown, in spirits. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's 

 collection. 



This species has much the appearance of Hinulia ncevia, p. 75, 

 but is easily known by the two large supranasals. 



21. Maj30uya, Eitz. Spondylurus, Fitz. Euprepis, part, Wagler. 



Eumeces, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Head subquadrangular. Muzzle conical. Frontoparietal 

 double, or 2 united into 1. Nostril lateral, near the hinder edge 



