408 SCINCIDiE. 



18. SCELOTES*. 



Bipes (non Opp.), Merrem, Tent. p. 76. 



? Pygodactvliis, Merrem, I. c. p. 77. 



Scelotes, Fitzing. N. Classif. Rept. p. 2.S ; Btim. Sf Bihr. v. p. 784 ; 



Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 123; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 241. 

 Zygnis (non Fitz.), JVaf/Ier, Syst. Amph. p. 100. 

 Scelotes, part., Wieym. Ilerp. Me.v. p. 11. 



Amphiglossus, Diun. ^- Bibr. v. p. 606 ; Gray, I. c. p. 12.5 ; Giinth. I. c. 

 Gorigylus, part., Dum. 8f Bihr. p. 61.3. 

 Thyrus, Gray, I. c. p. 124; Giinth. I. c. 



Lithopliilus {iio7i Friil.), Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr.,Rept.,App. p. 12. 

 Herpetosaura, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619, and Reise n. 



Mossamh. iii. p. 79. 

 ? Seponiorpluis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 422. 

 Seps, part., Giinth. I. c. 



Palatine boiics in contact on the median line of the palate, which 

 is toothless. Teeth conical. Eyelids developed. Ear distinct or 

 hidden. Nostril pierced between the rostral and a very small nasal, 

 which may be reduced to a narrow ring ; siipranasals present ; prae- 

 frontals and frontoparietals small or absent. Body more or less 

 elongate ; limbs more or less developed or absent. 



Tropical and South Africa ; Madagascar. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Both pairs of limbs present ; a postnasal shield between the supra- 

 nasal and the first labial. 



A. Limbs pentadactyle. 



1. Proefrontals and frontoparietals distinct. 



38 scales round the middle of the body . 1. bojeri, p. 409. 



2. No praefrontals nor frontoparietals. 



a. Lower eyelid scaly. 



34 scales round the body 2. astrolahi, p. 410. 



30 scales round the body 3. polleni, p. 410. 



24 scales round the body 4. melanopleura, p. 411. 



h. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 



24 scales round the body ; interparietal 



narrower than the frontal 5. igneocauclatus, p. 412. 



* ? Scelotes ficrinensis, Grandid. Eev. et Mag. Zool. xxi. 1809, p. 340. — Mada- 

 gascar. 



? Govgylus mouroundava, Grandid. Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) xv. 1872, art. 20, p. 9. — 

 Madagascar. 



Herpetosaura occid^mtalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 410. — Camaroon. 



