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as type by Dumeril and Bibron (Vol. Y, p. 630) ties Eumeces to a sec- 

 tion of skinks with iinseparated pterygoids. The available name for 

 the present genus seems to be Plestiodon. 



ANELYTROPID^. 



AnelytropsiS Cope (Proc. Am. Phila. Soc, 1885, p. 3S0). 



Monotype Anelytropsis papillosus Cope. 

 ANNIELLID^. 



Anniella Gray (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1852, p. 440). 



Monotype Anniella pulchra Gray. 



EUOHIROTID^. 



Euchirotes Cope (Amer. Naturalist, 1894, p. 4.36). 



i\Ionotype Euchirotes biporus Cope. 



AMPHISBuS3NID ^ . 



Rhineura Cope (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 75). 



Type Lepidosternum floridana Bd. By original designation. 



OPHIDIA. 



Serpentes Linn, included snakes, amphisbsenians and csecilians, as 

 also did Serpentia Laiir. (1768) and Ophidii Daudin (1803). Serpentes 

 Dumeril (1806) included csecilians. Ophidii Oppel (1811) and Ser- 

 pentia Merrem (1820) included amphisbsenians. The serpents were 

 first cleared of unrelated forms by Ciray, using the name Ophidii 

 (Ann. of Philos., 1825, p. 204). 



LEPTOT YPHLOPID^ . 



LeptOtyphlops Fitzinger (Syst. Rept., p. 24, 1843). 



Type Typhlops nigricans Schlegel. By original designation. 



= Glauconia Gray (184.5). Type Typhlops ?iigricans. 



> Rena B. and G. (1853). Type Rena dulcis B. and G. 



> Siagonodon Veters (1881). Type Typhlops septetnstriatus Schn. 



BOIDiE. 



Lichanura Cope (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, p. 304). 



^lonotype Lichanura trivirgata Cope. 



Charina Gray (Cat. Sn. Br. Mus., p. 113, 1849). 



Monotype Tortrix hottce Blain. 



= Wenona B. and G. (1853). Type Wenona plunibea B. and G. 



