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from the ear-opening. Brown above, u^iually with small yellowish black-edged ocelli ; 

 a broad yellowish stripe on each side of the back ; a blackish streak from nostril to 

 eye ; lips spotted with blackish ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 80 millim., tail 62. 



This Moroccan species is intermediate between C. ocellatus and C. sepoides. 

 Boettger's specimens are from Tangier, Casablanca, and between Mogador and Morocco. 

 1 have examined numerous specimens from Tangier, Larache, Casablanca, and 

 Morocco. 



Figured by Boettger, Abh. Senck. Ges. ix. 1873, pi. — . fig. 6. 



5. Chalcides maueitanicus, Dum. & Bibr. 1839. 



Allied to the preceding. Snout conical, slightly projecting ; ear-opening minute, 

 scarcely distinguishable ; nostril entirely in advance of the suture between the rostral 

 and the first labial ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit ; supranasals distinct. 

 Body much elongate. 18 scales round the body. Limbs very short; the anterior 

 didactyle, the posterior tridactyle ; third toe nearly twice as long as second ; the hind 

 limb equals the length of the head, and the fore limb the distance between the end of 

 the snout and the posterior border of the eye. Yellowish or greyish above, with a 

 lateral band formed of closely-set large black dots. 



From snout to vent 71 millim., tail 43. 



I have examined the two type specimens, from Oran, preserved in the Paris Museum. 

 A third specimen, from Nemours, Province of Oran, obtained by M. Gazagnaire in 1888, 

 is in M. Lataste's collection. 



Figured by Guichenot, Explor. Sc. Alg., Kept. pi. ii. fig. 1. 



6. Chalcides sepoides, Audouin, 1829. 

 Sphenopg capistratus, Gervais, Strauch. 



Snout wedge-shaped, with projecting labial edge ; eye very small ; ear-opening 

 appearing as an oblique slit at the commissure of the mouth, covered with a fringe of 

 three or four pointed scales. Nostril pierced entirely in advance of the suture between 

 the rostral and the first labial ; supranasals fused to a single shield ; frontal as broad 

 as or a little broader than long ; fourth labial entering the orbit. Body Inuch elongate; 

 sides of belly angular ; 24 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs weak, penta- 

 or tetradactyle, the hind pair more developed than the front pair ; the length of the fore 

 limb equals half its distance from the centre of the eye, that of the hind limb about 

 the distance between the nostril and the fore limb. Yellowish above, with more or 

 less distinct light brown longitudinal streaks ; a dark brown streak on each side of the 

 head, beginning from the nostril and passing through the eye ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 95 millim., tail 75. 

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