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brow prolonged and turned up, on each side of the end of the muz- 

 zle, into an almost vertical lobe. The granules are equal, and 

 there is no emargination either above or beneath.(l) Finally, the 

 Ch. bifurcus, Brongn.j Camkleon des Moluques a nez fourchu; 

 Daud. IV, liv, has a semicircular flat hood; two large compress- 

 ed, salient prominences in front of the muzzle, which varies in 

 length; probably a sexual difference. The granules are equal, 

 the body is sprinkled with closely set blue spots, and at the 

 bottom of each flank is a double series of white ones. 



FAMILY VI. 

 SCINCOIDEA. 



Known by their short feet, non-extensible tongue, and the 

 equal scales which cover the body and tail, like tiles. 



SciNcus, Daud. 



Four short feet; the body and tail almost one continued and uniform 

 piece; no enlargement of the occiput; without crest or dewlap, and 

 covered with uniform, shining scales, arranged like tiles, or those of 

 a Carp. Some of them are fusiform; others, more or less elon- 

 gated, resemble Serpents, the Anguis particularly, to which they are 

 related by several internal affinities, and which they connect with the 

 family of thelguanida, by an uninterrupted suite of transitions. Their 

 tongue is fleshy, but slightly extensible and emarginate; the jaws 

 every where furnished with small, closely set teeth. In the anus, 

 eye, ear, 8cc,, they bear a greater or less resemblance to the Iguanae 

 and Lizards; the feet are furnished with free and unguiculated toes. 

 Certain species have palatine teeth, and an emargination on the 

 anterior edge of the tympanum. 



Among this number, on account of its trenchant and some- 

 what raised muzzle,(2) we should distinguish the 



Seine, officinalis, Schn.; Lac. scincus, Lin.; El Adda of the 

 Arabs; Le scinque des pharmacies, Lacep. I, xxiii; Bruce, Abyss. 

 pi. 39; Egypt, Rep. Suppl. pi. 2, f. 8. Six or eight inches long; 

 the tail shorter than the body; the latter of a silvery yellow; 

 transverse blackish bands; inhabits Nubia, Abyssinia, and Ara- 



(1) I do not know the Cham, dilepis. Leach, or bilobus, Kuhl. 



(2) This species alone composes the genus Scincus of Fitzinger, the others 

 constitute his genus Mabocia. 



