202 LABRUS, LAMPYRIS. 



L. 



4 3. LABRUS. Spec. 71. 



tinea, (old wife,) upper jaw turned up ; tail round- 

 ed. 

 See MS. P. 



3 2. LACERTA. Spec. 72. 

 Sec. A. Tail two-edged. 



crocodilus, (crockodile,) head armed ; nape keel- 

 ed ; tail above with two lateral crests. 18 to 

 25 feet long. 



Alligator, (alligator,) head flat, imbricate ; tail 

 above with two rough lateral lines. 



Sec. B. Body covered with carinate scales. 

 limaculata, (lizard,) tail carinate, toothed, twice 



as long as the body ; all the toes lobate. 

 monitor, (lizard,) tail carinate ; body unarmed, 



with ocellate spots. Green, checked, cinereous 



or blue. 



Sec. C. Feet 5 -toed, tail round. 

 chameleon, (chameleon,) head flat ; body cinere- 

 ous or white. Colour changeable. 



Sec. D. Collar double ; abdominal scales square. 



agilisj (scaly lizard,) tail whorled, longish, with 

 sharp scales ; collar scaly beneath. Green ; 

 brown, bluish, speckled. 

 See MS. P. 



8 5, LAMPYRIS. Spec. 52. 



ftoctiluca, (glow-worm,) oblong, brown ; shield 

 cinereous. The female is the largest, and emits 

 a bright phosphoric light, 



See MS. p. 



