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ANIMAL LIFE IN DESERTS 



with feeding, for it is well developed in harvesting 

 species, in predators, and in honey-pot ants (page 72). 



Fig. 40. — ^Hind-feet of the following Lizards : — A. Phrynocephalus 

 mystaceus ( x 1^). B. Acanthodactylus scutellatus ( X 2). C. Scap- 

 lira grammica (x 2). D. CaUisaurus (Uma) scoparius. After Cope, 

 " Amer. Nat.," 1894. E. Teratoscincus scincua ( X 2). F. Stenodactylus 

 guttatus { x 3). G. Ceramodactylus dorice ( x 3). 



Wheeler suggests that it is used to clean the strigil 

 on the fore-leg, which in turn is used for cleaning 



