18. SCELOTES. 413 



slightly longer than hoad and body. Olive-brown above, each 

 scale, anteriorly, narrowly edged with greenish white ; lower sur- 

 faces greenish yellow. 



naillim. ^ inilliin. 



Total length 77 Fore limb ,5 



Head 5 Hind limb 8 



Width of head 3 Tail 40 



Body 32 



Western coast of South Africa. 

 a-b. Ad., bad state. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



7. Scelotes tridactylus. (Plate XXIV. fig. 2.) 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; eye 

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

 opening hidden ; supranasals forming a median suture ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long, in contact with the anterior angle of the 

 frontal ; latter bell-shaped, a little longer than broad, twice as long 

 as the frontonasal ; no prajfrontals ; four supraoculars, second and 

 third largest ; six supraciliaries ; no frontoparietals ; interparietal 

 broader than long, a little broader than the frontal, much broader 

 than the parietals ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 18 

 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs tridactyle, hind pair 

 proportionally much longer than fore pair ; second finger longest ; 

 third toe very long, much longer than second. Tail as long as 

 head and body. Silvery grey above, each scale darker in the 

 centre ; a whitish, black-edged lateral band, commencing on the 

 snout and passing over the supraoculars; lower surfaces pale 

 brownish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length m Fore limb 3 



Head 4-5 Hind limb 8 



AVidth of head 3 Tail 34 



Body 27-5 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 a. Ad. ? Cape of Good Hope. Eev. C. Searle [P.]. 



8. Scelotes? caffer. 

 Sepomorphus caffer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 422. 



Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. Tympanum hidden. 

 Interparietal shield as broad as frontal. Limbs very short, two 

 pairs, tridactyle ; second and third fingers equal, third toe longer 



