288 CLASS XV. 



AmpMglossus Dum. and Bibr. Snout conical. Tongue smooth 

 anteriorly, posteriorly Ijeset with papillae scaly, imbricate, reversed. 

 Scales smooth. 



Diploglossus Wiegm. Snout conical. Anterior part of tongue 

 covered with scales, posterior with filiform papillae. Scales marked 

 with sevei'al exsert stria?. 



Sp. Scincus fossor Merr., Diploglossus Shaivii DuM., GaUyivasp Browne, 

 Jamaica (and Sloane Voy. to Jamaica, Tab. 273, fig. 9?); a very large 

 species from the West Indies; — Scincus Houttuynii, Diploglossus ffouttuynii 

 CocT., Cuv. R. Ani., eel. ill., Rept. PI. 21, fig. 2. — Euprepes fasciata 

 Eeuss, 3Ius. Senckenberg. i. Tab. 3, fig. 2 ; Brasil. 



Sx)henoj)s Wagl. Snout cuneiform, upper jaw with flat margin 

 exsert beyond the lower. Feet small, distant, anterior with short 

 toes. Scales smooth. Tail long. 



Sp. Scincus capistratus Schreib., Scincus se2}soicles AVD., Seba Thes. 11. Tab. 

 12, fig. 6? Ddm. Erpetol. v. PI. 57, fig. 3, (figure of head); Egypt. 



b) With foes depressed, serrate at the margin. 



Scincus FiTZ., DuM. and Bibr. Snout cuneiform; upper jaw 

 produced beyond lower, with margin acute. Teeth in palate. Tail 

 short, thick at the base, conical, acuminate. Scales smooth. 



Scincus officinalis Laur., Lacerta scincus L., Lac. Quadr. ovlp. el Serp. i. 

 PI. 23, Blumenb. All), nuturh. Gegenst. No. 87, Brandt u. Ratzeb. 

 Mediz. Zool. i. Tab. 19, fig. 2 ; the Seine. This species lives in Egypt and 

 some other countries of Africa; when in danger it endeavours to burj' 

 itself quickly in the sand. This little animal is used by the Orientals as a 

 special excitant (aphrodisiacum). The Scincus of the ancients, on which 

 compare Plinius {Hist. nat. Lib. 28, c. 8), was, according to Prosper 

 Alpinds, an entirely different animal, probably a monitor, as Cuvier also 

 supposes. In the time of Gesner water-salamanders also were sold in 

 place of seines; C. Gesneri Hist. Anim. Lib. 11. p. 24. 



Cydodus Wagl. Four short feet, subequal, pentadactylous, 

 with toes round. Tong'ue emarginate, covered with scaly papillae. 

 Eyelids mobile. Teeth rounded at the apex, posteriorly subglo- 

 bose. Palate edentulous. Head flat, distinct from trunk by stric- 

 ture. Nostrils in nasal scute, mostly furnished with a bent groove 

 behind the aperture. Oblique chink of auditory meatus, situated 

 behind the angle of mouth. Scales large. Tail shorter than 

 trunk. 



Sp. Cydodus Boddaertii Dum. and Bibr., Scincus gigas Boddaert, Nov. Act. 



Acad. nat. curios, vii. p. 5, White Journal of a Voy. to New South Wales, 



p. 242, PI. 30 ; New Holland and Amboyna. 



