LIZARDS. 99 



g. Supranasals 4 or 6. Bodj/ and tail suhci/lindrical, elongate. 

 Limbs 2 or none. Scales placed in transverse lines on the back, 

 and in oblique ones on the sides. 



27. Ophiodes, Wagler. Pygodactylus, Fitz.^ Wagler. 

 Pygopus, Spix. Bipes, part, Cuvier. 



Nostrils lateral, in the middle of a small nasal shield. Supra- 

 nasal 4, transverse, contiguous. Tongue granular in front, velvet- 

 like behind, end nicked. Lower eyelid scaly. Palate toothless, 

 with a longitudinal groove. Teeth conical, simple. Ears very 

 small, covered with the scales. Body cylindrical, sides rounded. 

 Scales striated, when without the epidermis, with 3 or 4 divergent 

 central lines. Legs 2, posterior, short, flattened, undivided, point- 

 e(L Tail conical, pointed. 



The tongue and scales are like Diploglossm. 



The Cariococca. Ophiodes striatus, Wacjler, Isis, xxi. 1828, 

 740. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v, 789. Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 73. 

 Ann. N. H. ii. 334. Pygopus striatus, Spix, Braz. 25, t. 28, f. 1. 

 P. cariococca, Spix, Braz. t. 28, /. 2, (young). Seps fragilis, 

 Raddi. Pygodactylus Gronovii, Fitz. Class. 53, not Merrem. 

 Pseudopus 0\fex'\\,Licht. Bipes lineata, Mus. Paris, 



Pale, hack with 2 hrown uarrow lines ; sides brown, dark-edged 

 above; lips white-spotted. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Brazils. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



b. Half-grown, in spirits. Pale olive, ^vith 3 or 4 darker streaks 



on each side. Brazisl. Presented by T. Bell, Esq. 



c. Stuffed. Brazils. Presented by Mrs. Parker. 



28- Anguis, Zi/iw. Otophis, Fi^s-.? Siguana, Gmy.^ 



Dorfia, Gray? 



Head conical, 4-sided, blunt. Nostril lateral, in the centre of 

 a small ring-like nasal plate. Supranasal 4, contiguous, fronto 

 and interparietal united into one shield. Tongue partly granular 

 and partly velvet-like, nicked at the end. Teeth long, acute. Pa- 

 late not toothed, with a longitudinal groove. Ears very small, 

 linear, generally hidden under the scales, near the angle of the 

 mouth. Lower eyelid scaly, opaque. Body cylindrical, elongate. 

 Legs none, bones hidden under the skin. Tail elongate. Scales 

 smooth, subverticillate, of the back, belly and tail 6-sided, of the 

 sides of the body oblong, 4-sided, oblique, subimbricate, the lower 

 part of the upper series being covered by the upper part of those 

 of the series below them. Sometimes ovoviviparous, Edinb. Phil. 

 Journ. i. 374. 



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