354 LACERTILIA, 



Ablepharus Fitz., lower eyelid fused with upper, Australia, S.W. Asia, 

 S.E. Eur., trop. and S. Afr. ; Acontias Cuv., S. Afr., Madagascar, Ceylon ; 

 Brachymelea D. and B., Phillipines ; Chalcides Laur. (Seps), S. Eur., N. 

 Air., S.W. Asia ; Ghalcidoseps Blgr., Ceylon ; Corucia Gr., Solomon 

 Islands ; Egernia Gr., Australia ; Eumeces Wieg., N. and C. Amer., E. and 

 S.W. Asia, N. Afr. ; Hemisphaeriodon Ptrs., Queensland ; Herpetoseps 

 Blgr., S. Afr. ; Lygosoma Gr., 160 species, Australasia, E. Indies, China, 

 N. and C. Amer., trop. and S. Air. ; Mahuia Fitz., semiaquatic, 70 species, 

 Afr., Madagascar, S. Asia, C. and S. Amer., W. Indies : Macroscincua 

 Bocage, Cape Verde Islands ; Melanoseps Blgr., E. Afr. ; OpJiiomorus D. 

 and B., Greece, Asia Minor to Syria ; Pygomeles Grand., Madagascar ; 

 Ristella Gr., India; Scelotes Fitz., trop. and S. Air. Madagascar; Scincvs 

 Laur., (Fig. 194) N. Afr., Arabia, Persia, Scind ; Sepophis Bedd., S. India ; 

 Sepsina Boc, S. Air., Madagascar; Tiliqua Gr. {Cyclodus), stout lateral 

 teeth with spherical crowns, AustraUa, Austo -Malay and Indo-Malay ; 

 Trachysaurus Gr., Australia ; Tribolonotus D. and B., New Guinea ; 

 Tropidophorus D. and B., S. China, Indo-China, Phillipines, Borneo ; 

 Typhlacontias Boc, S.W. Afr. 



Fio. 194. — Scincus officinalis (RSgne animal). 



Fam. 19. Anelytropidae. Degraded Scincoids, burrowing, limbless, 

 with osteoderms ; without bony postorbital and postfrontosquamosal 

 arches ; interorbital septum and columella cranii well developed, with 

 abdominal ribs ; eyes concealed, no ear opening ; trop. and S. Afr., Mexico. 

 Anelytropsis Cope, Mexico ; Feylinia Gr., W. Air. ; Typhlosaurus Wieg., 

 S. Afr. 



Fam. 20. Dibamidae. Body vermiform ; tongue pointed, undivided 

 in front ; no interorbital septum or columella cranii ; no cranial arches ; 

 limbs absent, no sternum, eyes concealed, no ear opening. Dibamus 

 D. and B., New Guinea, Moluccas, Nicobars. 



Ophiopsiseps Blgr., Australia is probably the type of a distinct family ; 

 snake-like ; eyes without lids, scaly tongue ; Australia. 



Sub-order 2. Rhiptoglossa. Nasal bones not bounding 

 nasal apertures ; pterygoid not reaching quadrate ; clavicles and 

 interclavicle absent, limbs well developed ; tongue vermiform, 

 projectile. 



Fam. 21. Chamaeleontidae. Acrodont, teeth on the maxillaries and 

 mandible, premaxillaries and palate without teeth ; tongue projectile to 



