228 Gen. Harclvvicke^Mr.Gray,ow the Saurian Reptiles, S^-C. 



Is this the ^V. trilincatusy Schueid. ii. 202. ? The scales of the 

 tail are uniform. 



Gen. 2. Lagosoma, n. g. 



Corpore caudaque longis cylindricis, caudA, parum afteiiuata, 

 squaniis paribus imbricatis tecta ; pedibus quatuor breviusculis, 

 digitis 5. 5. iuaequalibus unguiculatis ; capite scutato ; auribus 

 dcpressis parum vero occultis. 



Body long, cylindrical. Tail long, cylindrical, slightly attenu- 

 ated ; equally covered with imbricate scales. Legs 4, rather short. 

 Toes 5. 5. unequal, clawed. Head shielded. Tympanum of thd 

 ears sunk, but distinct. 



Head with one rostral, one anterior and one posterior frontal, 

 a large anterior and a small triangular posterior vertebral, and iyso 

 oval occipital shields. 



The animals of this genus are separated from the Seines by the 

 cylindrical form of their body and tail, and the shortness and 

 weakness of their legs. They agree with them in the scales, num. 

 ber of toes, and in having a visible tympanum, which separates 

 them from the Anguis quadrupes of Linnaius. They are separated 

 from Seps by the form and number of their toes. 



1. L. serpens. 



Corpore supra aureo-subfusco nitente, subtus albido, lineis nigris 

 longitudinalibus multis ; squamis hexagonis; caudae cajrulcscentis 

 lineis interruptis. 



Lacerta serpens. *' Block, Besch. Berl. Natitrf. ii. 28." 



Gmel. Stfst. Nut. 1078. 75. excl. syn. Linn. 

 Scincus brachypus (pars.) Schneid. Amph. ii. 192. 

 Seps pentadactylus (pars.) Daud. Rept. iv. 325. 

 Chalcide Scrpentin. Latreille, Hist. Rept. ii. 87. 

 Icon. " Block. Ibid. ii. t. 2." Gmel. 



Inhabits India. Java, Dr. Ilorsjield. 



Body, above shining golden brown, beneath whitish, with 

 16 — 18 longitudinal black lines, scales sexangular, with a line 

 between each series. Tail bluish, with the lines interrupted. 

 Length, 8 inches. Head to fore-legs, i inch ; to hind-legs, 2-^. 

 Tail, 3i inches. 



