Mr. J. E. Gray on the Slender-tongued Saurians, 333 



Tiliqua, but with the vertebral shields placed one before the other, 

 and no anterior occipital one. 



Chiamela lineata. Golden brown, with longitudinal black lines, 

 one placed in the centre of each series of scales ; head brown ; 

 shields pale-edged. 



India. Brit. Mus. 



Chiamela Duvaucellii, Scihcus Duvaucelhi, Cocteau } Pale with a 

 series of minute black specks ; sides dark, white-spotted. 



N. Holland, King George's Sound. Mus. Paris. 



Exactly like Scincus Duvaucellii in colour and form, but toes 4 — 4 

 thicker, shorter and of different proportional length. 



Tetradactylus, Cuv. Toes 4 — 4 ; ears none ; head with one 

 rostral, one anterior, and one posterior frontal, separated by two 

 small shields ; two vertebral, three occipital and four or five super- 

 ciliary shields. 



Tetradactylus decresiensis, Cuv. Pale brown, with three dark 

 brown dorsal streaks, the central streak broadest and interrupted. 



N. Holland. Mus. Paris. 



RisTELLA. Toes 4 — 5, short; ears distinct; head shields ? 



Ristella Rurkii. Crown and back pale brown, shining ; scales 6- 

 rowed, each of four central rows with a blackish central spot, forming 

 four longitudinal series of spots ; sides white-dotted ; chin and belly 

 white. 



North India, Dr. Rurk. Mus. Chatham. 



Hagria. Toes 5 — 4, rudimentary, nearly equal, compressed, 

 clawed ; head shielded ; ears small, dot-like ; scales smooth, equal, 

 with white netted lines. 



Hagria Vosmaerii, Scincus Vosmaerii, Cocteau. Brown, minutely 

 black dotted, beneath pale. 



Java. Mus. Paris. 



Tridactvlus, Cuv. Toes 3 — 3 ; ears ? head shields ? 



Tridactylus decresiensis, Cuv. Pale brown with dark longitudinal 

 lines, beneath whitish, brown netted. 



New Holland. Mus. Paris. 



Seps, Merr. Zygnis, Fitz. Toes 3 — 3 ; ears distinct, deep ; head 

 shields like Tiliqua, but rostral scales longer ; nasals very small, and 

 no anterior occipital shield. 



Seps tridactylus, Rapp. Seps Chalcidica, Risso. 



Sepsvittata, Leuckart, Breves, 1818. 



Seps multivirgatus, Boie. Mus. Leyden. 



SiAPHos, Gray. Perameles, Wiegm. Toes 3 — 3 ; ears none ; 

 eyelid distinct ; head shields like Tiliqua, but without any posterior 



