SAURIA: CHALCIM:. 299 



ficure white lines, and the body above olive brown, with 

 five pale white, longitudinal lines, and a black lateral 

 band ; and the Blue-tailed Lizard, 5. fasciatus, Holbr., of 

 the United States, which is eight and a half inches long ; 

 the head bluish black, with six straw-colored lines ; body 

 bluish black, with five longitudinal, straw-colored lines ; 

 tail ultramarine blue, the throat and abdomen white. 



The Genus Lygosoma contains the Ground Lizard, 

 L. lateralis, D. & B., of the southern and western portions 

 of the United States, which is four and three quarters 

 inches long, with a short head and very long tail ; the 

 body, tail, and legs of a bronze or chestnut color, throat 

 silver-white, abdomen yellow, and there is a broad, lateral 

 black band from the head nearly to the extremity of the 

 tail. It may be seen by thousands in the thick forests 

 of oak and hickory in Carolina and Georgia, after sunset, 

 when they emerge from their hiding-places to hunt for 

 worms and insects. 



The Genus Seps comprises reptiles which have a longer 

 body and smaller feet than the Skinks ; and Bipes, those 

 which differ from Seps in the absence of forefeet/ Found 

 in South America and in the Eastern hemisphere. 



CHALCID^E, OR GLASS-SNAKE FAMILY. This Family 

 comprises lizards whose body is elongated, serpent-like, 

 without feet, or with those but slightly developed, and 

 there is generally a deep groove along the flanks. The 

 genera placed under this family really represent several 

 families, and from their general resemblance to snakes 

 have been regarded by some authors as belonging to the 

 next order. 



The Genus Ophisaurus is represented by the Glass- 

 snake, O. ventralis, Daud., of the Southern and Western 

 States, which is twenty to forty inches long, the body and 

 tail above yellowish green spotted with black, and the un- 

 der surface yellow. This snake-shaped lizard inhabits 



