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four fifths; from the hind feet to the tip of the tail, two 

 inches; from the anterior feet to the tip of the head, thir- 

 teen twentieths of an inch; between the feet, one inch and 

 three twentieths. 



Inhabits the southern states. 



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This species occurs not unfrequently, in small streamy 

 of water. I have not seen it so far north as Maryland. 



I am indebted for these specimens to the Florida Party. 



Genus SCINCUS. 



S. enjthrocephalus. Plate 18. fig. 2, Body reddish 

 brown tinged with cupreous, beneath whitish; head red 

 above, whitish beneath, wider at the base than the neck, 

 and rapidly attenuated to the nose, which is obtuse, max- 

 Hlary angles prominent each side, giving to the head a 

 triangular appearance; inferior orbits of the eyes with 

 from twenty -five to thirty small granuliform scales; ears 

 large; no bands, lines, or spots. 



Length from the nose to the anterior origin of the 

 hind feet, four inches; from the ears to the tip of the 

 nose, one inch and one tenth. 



Inhabits Maryland. 



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This scink is well known to the inhabitants of the 

 southern states, but is unknown as an inhabitant of 

 Pennsylvania. It is supposed to be venomous, and many 

 tales are told of the effects of the venom of its bite. 



It is generally known by the inappropriate name of 

 ^' red headed scorpion.'' 



The colour of the head, its width at the junction 

 with the neck, and the stature of the whole animal, suffi- 



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