158 CLASS REPTILIA. 



There is one very much spread in the south of 

 Europe, Sardinia, Sicily, and Egypt, Sc. Fariegatus, 

 Sc. Ocellatus, Cuv. Daud. IV. Ivi. ; Geoff. Egypt. 

 Kept. pi. V. f. 1, under the name of udnolis Marbre^ 

 and better, Savig. Ih. Suppl. pi. II. f. 7> which has 

 on the back, flanks, and tail, some small round black 

 spots, each of them marked with a trait of white. 

 A pale line for the most part predominates on each 

 side of the back. 



There are many species in our Antilles, one of 

 which is improperly named Anolis de Terre and Ma~ 

 bouia, Lacep. pi. xxiv. Smooth, greenish-brown ; 

 some blackish points scattered over the back. A 

 brown band, badly terminated, proceeding from the 

 temple to the shoulder and beyond.* 



The Moluccas and New Holland have some spe- 

 cies of this division, remarkable for their size.t 



Seps. (Daud.)1: 

 Differ from the skinks only by having their body 



* The figure of Lacepede is exact, the tail excepted, which is too short, 

 the individual having had it broken, as frequently happens to all the 

 lizards. Add, the Sc. a Fleures Noirs, Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. de Freyc. 

 pi. 42 ; Sc. Bistriatus, Spix, xxvi. 1. 



■\ Lac Schicoides, White, 242 ; Scincus Nigroluteus, Quoy and Gaimard, 

 Frey. 41 ; Seine. Crotaphomelas, Per. and Lacep., &c. 



N.B. I have been able to nanie but very few species of skinks, because 

 they are so badly characterized in authors, that I find it almost impossible 

 to indicate the synonimy with any certainty. It is the genus which stands 

 most in need of a monograph. 



X Seps and Chaleis were among the ancients the names of an animal 

 which some represented as a lizard, others as a serpent. It is very pro- 

 bable that they designated the seps with three toes of Italy and Greece. 

 Seps comes from aifnnv, to corrupt. 



