SNAKE-LIZARDS. 



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notched at the tip, and covered either totally or 

 partially with scaly papillae. 



Thus the Scincidce are at once distinguishable 

 from all the Saurian Orders, except the Lacer- 

 tadce, by the broad plates which cover the head ; 

 and from the latter by the belly being clothed 

 with scales not diverse from those which cover 

 the rest of the trunk. 



HEAD OF GALLY-WASP. 



The Scinks are a harmless race, for the most 

 part living upon insects, slugs, and worms ; but 

 one of the most typical species, the great Gally- 

 wasp of Jamaica, we have found to feed on fruits 

 and other vegetable substances. Of their repro- 

 duction little seems known, but as the Gally- 

 wasps, the Mabouyas, and the Slow-worm are 



