lo. 8C1NCU8. 389 



15. SCINCUS. 



Scincus, part., Lanr. Syn. Jiepf. p. o-') ; Daud. Rept. iv. p. '2-l\. 

 Scincus, Fitziny. N. Class. Mept. p. '2'^; Wagl. Hyst. Autp/i. p. IGl ; 

 * M'ieym. Herp. Mex. p. 11 ; Bum. 8f Bibr. v. p. 559; Gray, Cat. 



Liz. p. 74. 

 Pedoiychus, Wieym. Arch. f. Nat. 1837, p. 128; Peters, Mon. Berl. 



Ac. 1SG4, p. 44. 

 Scincopusi, Peters, I. c. p. 4o. 

 Otolepis, «f ranch, liull. Ac. St. Petersb. x. 186G, p. 459. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate ; 

 pterygoids toothed. Lateral teeth conical or with obtuse tubercular 

 crowns. Eyelids well developed, scaly. Ear hidden or partly con- 

 cealed under an opercle. Nostril pierced between an ni)per and a 

 lower nasal ; aupranasals present ; prtefrontals, frontoparietals, and 

 interparietal distinct. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; digits 

 flattened, serrated laterally, with transverse lamellae inferiorly. 



Xorth Africa, Arabia, Persia, Sind. 



Synopsis of the Slides. 



I. Snout subconical, obtusely truncate ; 



digits feebly depressed, feebly toothed 

 laterally ; ear-opening large, covered 

 by two large scales 1 . fasciatus, p. 390. 



II. Snout cuneiform, with sharp, projecting labial edge. 



A. Six supraoculars. 



1. Dorsal scales striated ; ear-opening 



quite undistinguishable ; 22 scales 



round the middle of the body . . 2. hemprichii, p. 390. 



2. Dorsal scales perfectly smooth ; ear-opening easil)' distin- 



guishable, just behind and a little below the commissure 

 of the mouth ; 26 to 28 (rarely 30) scales round the middle 

 of the body, 



Eostral in contact with the frontonasal . . 3, officinalis, p. 391. 

 Rostral separated from the frontonasal by 



the supranasals 4. conirostris, p. 391. 



3. Dorsal scales perfectly smooth ; ear-opening almost or quite 



undistinguishable. 



28 or 30 scales round the body 5. arenarius, p. 392. 



24 or 26 scales round the body 6. mitscaiensis, p. 392. 



B. Five supraoculars. 



24 scales round the body 7. mcccensis, p. 392. 



29 or 30 scales round the body 8. mitrmnis, p. 393. 



