120 REPTILES. 



ed, with 6 or 8 striae; frontonasal plates none, supranasals 2 pair, 

 internasal broad ; eyebrow-shields 6-6 ; frontoparietals small, far 

 apart, interparietal triangular. 



Inhab. Martinique. Miis. Paris. 



** Frontonasal scales 2. Toes elongate. Scales not keeled. Tail 

 round. Preanal scales 6-sided^ in 3 rows. Diploglossus, 

 Weigtn. 



The Banded Diploglossus. Diploglossus fasciatus, Weigm. 

 H. M. i. 36. Tiliqua faseiata, Fitz. Rept. 52. Gray^ Griffith., 

 A. K. ix. 71. Ann. N. H. i. 289. Reuse, Mm. Senck. t. 3,"/. 2. 

 D. Hoiittuynii, Cocteau. — Dum. et Bib. E G. v. 598. Laceita 

 Scincoides caerulescens, Mus. Houttiu/n. ScJm. Rept. ii, 204. 



Back with broad black-edged brown bands, alternating with 

 blue or fulvous grey bands ; toes rather elongate ; tail round, 

 elongate ; scales finely striated, not keeled ; frontonasal plates lo- 

 zenge-shaped, contiguous, infraiiasal 2 pair, contiguous, fronto- 

 parietal small, far apart, interparietal triangular, preanal shields 

 hexangular, in 3 cross series. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Brazils. 



b. In spirits. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



On reconsideration, the genus Ophiodes, p. 99, should be re- 

 ferred to this tribe, and placed after Diploglossus. 



Fam, XVI. Ophiomores, (Ophiomorid^). 



Head regularly shielded. Muzzle rather produced. Rostral 

 triangular, erect. Nostrils lateral, in a notch in the nasal and the 

 supranasal shield. Teeth strait, conical, blunt. Palate not tooth- 

 ed. Tongue flat, scaly, feebly nicked at the tip. Ears hidden 

 under the skin. Eyes distinct, with valvular eyelid. Body cylin- 

 drical, elongate, without any external limbs. Scales smooth, 6- 

 sided. Tail elongate, cylindrical. 



This family appears intermediate between ScincidcB and Acon- 

 tiadiB., and makes it appear as if the large rostral of the latter fa- 

 mily was formed of the rostral, supranasal and nasal shields of 

 this family and Scincidce being united together. 



