290 OCELLATED SCINK. 



in Mr. White's Journal above referred to. The 

 tongue in this, as well as in the other Scinks, is 

 short, flat, rounded, and entire ; not forked as in 

 most Lizards. 



SPOTTED SCINK. 



Lacerta Guttata. L. cauda tereti longa maculis quatuor trans- 

 versii fy apice nigris, corpore supra cano albido guttato, subtus 

 albido. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1078. Lepechin. it. \. p. 

 317. t. 22. /. 2, 3. 



Grey Lizard, spotted with white, with long tail marked by 

 four transverse black bands and with black tip. 



A VERY small species, not much exceeding 

 three inches in length : sufficiently described in 

 the specific character : native of the Ural desert, 

 where it was observed by Lepechin. 



OCELLATED SCINK. 



Lacerta Ocellata. L. cauda tereti brcri corpore subtns albo, su- 

 pra ex griseo virescente, ocellis subrotundis radio fuscis, disco 

 rectangulo albis. Urn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1077- Forsk. F. 

 Arab. p. 13. 



Greenish-grey Lizard, white beneath, marked above with 

 roundish ocellated brown spots with white rectangular disks. 



LENGTH about a span : body depressed : feet 

 short, pentadactyle : no femoral warts : the other 

 particulars sufficiently described by the specific 



