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SCINCID^. 



0. Ophiomorus latastii. (rLAXE XXXIII. fig. 2.) 

 Ophiomorus miliaris (non Pall.), Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 488. 



Snout conical, the rostral projecting considerably beyond the lip. 

 Nostril nearer the rostral than the loreal ; latter single, in contact 

 with the second and third upper labials ; frontonasal large, twice 

 as broad as long, nearly as long as the frontal : latter once and two 

 thirds as broad as long ; no praifrontals ; three supraoculars, anterior 

 much larger than the others : no supraciliaries ; interparietal a 

 little broader than long and sliglitly longer than the frontal ; fronto- 

 parietals smaller than the anterior supraocular ; parietals not haU' as 

 broad as the interparietal ; two pairs of nuchals, anterior in contact 

 with the interparietal ; fourth upper labial below the eye. Ear 

 hidden. Two azygos postmentals. Body anguiform, limbless. 18 

 scales round the body, the dorsals largest. Two enlarged praeanals. 

 Cream-coloured ; a dark brown line along each of the two median 

 dorsal series of scales ; a series of brown dots on the next series ; 

 and a broad brown band occuijying the two following series on each 

 side, and extending to the nostril, passing through the eye ; series 

 of brown dots forming lines on the other scales, few and inter- 

 rupted on the anterior two thirds of the middle of the belly. 



Chalcides, part., Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 64. 



Seps, part, (non Laur.), Datid. Rept. iv. p. 318 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1871, p. 241. 

 Seps, Men-em, Tent. p. 75: JJ'ar/Ier, Si/.st. Amph. p. 160; Dum. ^ 



Bibr. V. p. 768; Gratj, Cat. Liz. p. 126. 

 Mabuya, part., Fitzinr/. Neue Clnssif. Rcpt. p. 23. 

 Heteropus, Fifzim/. I. c. 



Zygnis, part., Fitzing. I.e. ; Wicf/m. Herp, Me.v, p. 11. 

 S'phfenops, Wagl. I. c. p. 1()1 ; Wiegm. I. o. ; Dum. ^- Bibr. v. p. 577 ; 



Grag, I. c. p. 122 ; Giinth. I. c. 

 Gongylus, part., Wagl. I. c. p. 162 ; Wieqm. I. c. p. 36; Du7n. S/- Bibr, 



V. p. 613. 

 Heteromeles, Du7n. S,- Bibr. v. p. 772 ; Grag, I. c. p. 127. 

 Gongylus, Grag, I. c. p. 123. 

 Anisoterma, A. Dum. Rev. de Zool. 1856, p. 421, and Arch. Mu^. x. 



p. 180. 

 Allodactylus, Lataste, Journ. de Zool. v. 1876, p. 238. 

 Gougyloseps, Boettger, Abh. Smch. Ge.i. xiii. 1883, p. 122. 



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

 which is toothless. Teeth conical or with obtuse crowns. Lower 



