152 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



being found in West Africa and the Cape, as well as in Egypt, wlience it 

 was first described. 



27. Eumcccs pavhucnlatus. Geoffr. Uesc. Egypte, p. 135. 



I found this Skink on rough ground near the Dead Sea. It was 

 also collected on the coast by Dr. Lortet and others, and by Simon at 

 Jerusalem. 



It inhabits the North African countries from Morocco to Egypt, and 

 Asia as far as the east of the Caspian and Baluchistan. 



28. Anguis fragilis. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 392. Blind Worm. 

 The familiar Blind Worm or Slow Worm was collected in Palestine by 



Mliller. 



It inhabits the whole of Europe, Transcaucasia, and North Persia. 

 The South Persian form has been separated by Dr. Anderson. 



FAMILY, OPHIOMORID.'E. 



29. Ophioiiionts viiliaris. (Pall. Reis. ii., 718.) 



I collected this species in various parts of the north. It extends from the 

 Caucasus westwards into the Taurid,and is also found in Greece and Algeria. 



FAMILY, SEPID.'E. 



30. Gongylus ocellaUis. (Forsk. F.Arab. 13.) 



This Lizard swarms in every part of the country, mountain, or deep 

 valley, in dry places among stones. The varieties of colour are endless 

 in this species. 



It inhabits all the islands of the Mediterranean, Canaries, and Madeiras, 

 all North Africa from Morocco to Egypt and Sennaar, Arabia, Syria, and 

 Persia. 



31. Seps monodactylus. Giinther. P. Z. S., 1S64, p. 491. 



Plate XVI., Fig. 4. 



This new species I discovered first near Nazareth, and afterwards at 

 Lake Huleh, and under Hermon. Bottger has since collected it at Jaffa 

 and Caiffa. 



It has not been noticed out of Palestine. 



