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narrow, triangular. Nostrils perforated in the single nasal scute, 

 at the apex of snout. Tongue with apex bifid. Scales smooth.) 



Sp. Ophiophthalmus Burtonii, Lialis Burtonii GRAY, Proceed, of the Zool. 

 Soc. 1834, p. 134; New Holland. 



Ophiopsis FITZ., Lerista BELL. Feet four, anterior didacty- 

 lous, very short, posterior tridactylous. Eyes destitute of eyelids, 

 covered by a transparent capsule. Body slender. Pores in front 

 of vent none. 



Sp. Ophiopsis lineata, Lerista lineata BELL, Proceed, of the Zool. Soc. 1833, 

 p. 99 ; New Holland. This species is unknown to nie. 



Grymnophthalmus MERE. Feet four, anterior tetradactylous, 

 posterior pentadactylous. Eyelids none ; transparent capsule over 

 eyes. 



Sp. Gymnophthalmus quadrilinea.tus MERE., Lacerta quadrilineata L., 

 MAXIM. Abb. zur Naturgesch. Bras. Lief. xm. (Rept. Tab. xvn. fig. 2); a 

 small species from South America. 



CryptollepJiarus WlEGMANN, Ablepharus FITZ. Feet four, 

 pentadactylous. Eyes with a circular or lunate rudiment of eye- 

 lids, further covered by a transparent capsule. 



Sp. Cryptoblepharus pannonicus nob., Ablepharus pannonicus FITZ., 

 Verhandl. der Gesellsch. der naturforsch. Freunde zu Berlin, I. 1829, Taf. 

 xiv. Ablepharus Kitaibelii GRAVENHORST, Nov. Act.Acad. Leop. Car. xxn. 

 I, 1851, Tab. 37; Hungary; in this species the limbs are shorter than in 

 the others of this small genus, of which one is remarkable on account of 

 its extensive geographic distribution, namely Ablepharus Peronii DUM., 

 BIBR., Ablepharus pcecilopleurus WIEGMANN, Nov. Act. nat. Curios, xvn. 

 1835, Tab. 8, fig. i, Ablepharus Leschenault COCTEAU, GUER. Magas. de 

 Zool. 1832, Rcpt. PI. i ; it occurs in the Morea, in Africa on the coast 

 of Mozambique, at the Sunda Islands, at New Holland, and the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Bipes MERE. (Species from gen. Bipes LAC., Cuv.), Scelotes 

 FITZ. Kudiments of hind feet only. Eyes provided with mobile 

 eyelids. Body elongate, anguineous. 



a) Rudiments of hind feet adactylous, clawless, styliform. 

 Ophiodes WAGL., Pygodactylus FITZ. 



Sp. Bipes strialus nob., Pygopus cariococca SPIX, a small species from Brasil 

 and Guiana. 



Prcepeditus DUM., BIBR., Soridia GKAY. 



