404 BCINCID^. 



Seps quadrilineatus, Metaxa, 3Iem. Zool, Med, p. 31. 



concolor, Metaxa, I. c. p. 32. 



chalcides, Bonaj). Faun. Hal.; Gene, Si/n. liept. Sard. . 14; 



Gravenh. N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xxiii. 18ol, i. p. 370, pi. xli. ; 



Strauch, Erp. Air/, p. 45 ; I)e Betta, Faun. Ital., Rett. Anf. p. 32, 



and Atfi 1st. Venet. (7) i. 1883, p. 122. 



chalcides, part., Dum. ^- Bibr. v. p. 769 j Schreib. Ilerp, Eur. 



p. 346 ; Camerano, Mon. Saur. Ital. p. 91. 



Very closely allied to the preceding. Limbs weaker still, the hind 

 one ii.sually shorter than the distance between the ear and the fore 

 limb, and contained fifteen to twenty-four times in the length from 

 snout to vent ; third toe shorter than second. Usually 24 scales 

 round the body. Olive or bronzy above, uniform or with darker and 

 lighter longitudinal streaks, which are constantly in even number. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 393 Fore limb 8 



Head 17 Hind limb 12 



Width of head 12 Tail 200 



Body 176 



Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco. 



A. Upper surfaces uniform, or with a very indistinct darker lateral 

 band. 



a. 



Ad. N. Africa. 



h. Hgr. 



? 



B. A light dorso-lateral band, edged with dark brown. 



c. Ad. Turin. Prof. Bonelli [P.]. 



d. Ad. Italy. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 



e. Ad. Sicily. T. Bell, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Ad. Sicily. 

 g~h. Ad. & hgr. ^? 



C. Light olive above, with six black longitudinal streaks, the median 



pair sometimes broken up, the outer pair on each side close 

 together. 



i. Ad. Algerian Sahara. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



k. Ad. Algeria. 



'c- 



6. Chalcides guentheri. 



Seps monodactylus (hom Daud.), Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 

 p. 491 ; Boeitc/er, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1880-81, p. 189 ; Tristram, 

 Faun. Palest, pi. xvi. tig. 4. 



Limbs reduced to a minute conical rudiment, the length of the 

 fore ones eqaalling about two scales, the hind ones one scale. 20 

 scales round the body. In every other respect similar to C. tridac- 

 tylus. Uniform olive above, lighter inferiorly. 



