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** Bach with 8 raws of veri/ large scales. Scales of the legs 



scarcelf/ heeled. 



The Large Tropcdolepisma. Tropidolepisma major, Gray, 

 Zool. Erebus and Terror, JRepL t. 14. 



Dark olive, cliinand beiieaib wliiiisli; scales veiy largC; broad, 

 smooth, in 8 series on the back, each with 3 slightly raised dis- 

 tinct smooth parallel keels, oi' the tail similar but lalher larger, of 

 the upper part of the legs nearly smooth ; tail elongate. 



a. Adult, stufifed. Australia. 



ff Lower eyelid scaly. Toes 5-5, compressed. Nasal shield flat, 

 iviihoat any groove behind the nostril. 



37. Ateuchosaurus. 



Nasal subtiiangular, lateral, with the uostiil in the centre, 

 without any curved groove behind it, supranasal none, rostral tri- 

 angular, internasal broad, sliort, fiontonasal small, lateral, frontal 

 very long* and broad, frontoparietals 2, rhombic, contiguous at the 

 angle, interparietal triangular. Lower eyelid with a series of lar- 

 ger scales, Ears round, simple-edged. Body fusiform. Scales 

 6-sided, with 2 strong separate keels, of the chin and under side 

 similar, thinnei; and smooth. Limbs 4, moderately strong. Toes 

 5-5, subcylindrical, moderate, unequal. Tail about as long as the 

 body, round, tapering, with 2-keeled scales above and small smooth 

 scales beneath. 



The CiJfNESE Keeled Scale. Ateuchosaurus Chinensis. 

 Brown, head paler; the keels of the scales far apart; scales in 

 6 series on the back ; nasoloieal shield subtriangular, oblique. 



a. In spirits, not good slate, left hind foot with only 4 toes. Chi- 

 na. Presented by J. Beeves, Esq. 



fff Lower eyelid transparent. Toes 4-5. Body and tail cylin- 

 drical, elongate. 



38. Heteropus, jpite.? Dum.el Bib. 



Muzzle conical. Nostrils lateral, in the middle of a nasal 

 plate, supranasal none, nasal frontal single. Tongue scaly, nick- 

 ed. Teeth conical, simple. Palate not toothed, with a deep tri- 

 angular notch behind. Ears distinct, open. Lower eyelid trans- 

 parent. Body elongate, cylindrical, sides rounded. Scales keeled. 

 Legs 4, far apart. Toes ^-5, elongate, rather compressed, simple, 

 clawed, hinder unequal. Tail conical, pointed. 



The BroW'N Heteropus. Heteropus fuscus, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. V. 759. 



Lower eyelid transparent ; scales of the neck smooth, of the 

 back 3-keeled. 



Inhab. Isle Waigiou and Rawach, M. Quoy. Mus. Paris. 



