18. SCEL0TE3. 409 



22 scales round the body ; interparietal 



broader than the frontal 0. capensis, p. 412. 



B. Limbs tridactyle. 



18 scales round the body ; tliird finger 



much shorter than second 7. tridactylus, p. 413. 



20 scales round the body ; third finger 



as long as second 8. caffci\ p. 413. 



II. Fore limbs absent ; 18 or 20 scales round the body. 



A. Hind limb didactyle ; supranasal 



in contact with the first labial . . 9. hij_)es, p. 414. 



B. Hind limb represented externally 



by a bud-like rudiment ; a post- 

 nasal shield between the supra- 

 nasal and the first labial 10. guentluri, p. 414. 



C. No trace of limbs externally ; supranasal in contact with the 



first labial. 



Four supraoculars, three in contact with 



the frontal 11. inornatus, p. 415. 



Three supraoculars, first much larger 



than second; body subcylindrical .. 12. arenicola, -p. 415. 

 Three supraoculars, first largest ; body 



quadrangular 13. hicolor, p. 416. 



1. Scelotes bojeri. 



Thyrus bogerii, Gray, Cat. p. 124. 

 Scincus bojerii, Desjard. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii, 1831, p. 296. 

 Gongj-lus bojerii, Uu7)i. Si- Bibr. v. p. 025. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; eye 

 moderate ; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk ; ear- 

 opening a horizontal slit ; supranasals forming a median suture ; a 

 postnasal between the supranasal and the fii'st labial ; frontal more 

 than twice as long as the frontonasal, angularly emarginate on each 

 side by the first supraocular ; a pair of pra^frontals, widely sepa- 

 rated ; four supraoculars ; six or seven supraciliaries ; a pair of 

 frontoparietals ; interparietal as long as broad or a little longer than 

 broad, as broad as or a little broader than the parietals, narrower 

 than the frontal ; fifth upper labial entering the orbit. 38 scales 

 round the middle of the body. Limbs weU developed, pentadactyle, 

 meeting or overlapping when adpressed ; the fore limb, stretched 

 forwards, reaches as far as the posterior border of the orbit. Tail a 

 little longer than head and body. Bronzy olive above, back uniform 

 or with small black spots ; frequently a black vertebral line ; a light 

 dorso-lateral streak, beginning on the canthus rostralis ; sides black, 



