390 SCINCIDJB. 



1. Scincus fasciatus. 



Scincus officinalis, part., Strauch, JErp. Aly. p. 41. 



(Scincopus) I'a.-^ciatus, Peters, Mon. lierl. Ac. 1864, p. 4o. 



Cyclodus braiidtii, iStruuch, Bull. Ac. St. Pctersb. x. 1860, p. 459*. 



Head oval, pyramidal, with broad, obtusely truncated suout ; 

 nostril lateral ; loreal region rounded ; eye large ; ear-opening large, 

 nearly entirely covered by two very large scales. Rostral moderately 

 large, separated from the frontonasal by the supranasals ; frontal a 

 little broader anteriorly than posteriorly ; six supraoculars, anterior 

 not in contact with the frontal : parietals as long as interparietal ; 

 nine or ten upper labials. Body cyelotetragonal, the sides of the belly 

 rounded. Dorsal scales striated, the two vertebral series largest, at 

 least twice as large as the ventrals ; a double series of large trans- 

 verse nuchal scales ; 24 scales round the middle of the body. Digits 

 feebly depressed, feebly denticulated laterally. Yellowish or orange 

 above, with seven transverse black bands, of which the first is on the 

 nape, the second and third on the back, and the fourth on the sacinim. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 224 Fore limb 44 



Head 33 Hind limb 47 



Width of head .... 30 Tail 77 



Eody 114 



North Africa. 



Besides the type from Algeria, in the Berlin Museum, I have 

 examined a specimen collected in Tunis by M. Lataste ; and Dr. 

 Strauch informs me that he possesses a specimen from Chartoum. 



2. Sciucus hemprichii t. 



Scincus hemprichii, Wiegm. Arch.f. Nat. 1837, p. 128. 



(Pedorychus) hemprichii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 44. 



Snout cuneiform, truncate, strongly projecting : loreal region not 

 concave, no canthus rostralis ; mouth inferior, labial edge angular ; 

 eye small : ear hidden. Rostral large, separated from the fronto- 

 nasal by the supranasals ; frontal a little narrower posteriorly than 

 anteriorly ; six supraoculars, anterior not in contact with the frontal ; 

 parietals shorter than the interparietal, followed by five pairs of 

 nuchals : nine upper labials. Dorsal scales striated, much larger 

 than ventrals ; 22 scales round the middle of the body. Sides of 

 belly angular. Digits as in /b'. officinaUs. Olive-brown above, with 

 rather indistinct whitish transverse bands. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 181 Fore limb 32 



Head 27 Hind limb 37 



Width of head .... 19 Tail 64 



Body 90 



Abyssinia, 



* ¥ide Strauch in Hit. t Described from the tjpe epecimen. 



