CLASS REPTILIA. 



Lepidopus, Lacep. Ann. Mus. iv. t. Q5. Tail when perfect, 

 longer than the body. 



d. Feet with tivo unequal toes ; scales keeled ; femoral pores 

 none. JBipes, Merrem. Scelotes, Fitz. Pygodactylus, 

 Merrem. Zignis, Wagler. 



Cape Bipes. Bipes Anguinus, Merrem. Anguis Bipes, 

 Linn. Lacerta Bipes, Gmel. Seba, j. t. 85. f. 3. 



Golden brown ; back with ten longitudinal black lines, of 

 which the four lateral are the most distinct. The feet are 

 considered as the generative organs by Seba. Seps. Sex 

 lineata. Harlan. Jour. Acad. N. S. Philad. iv. 1. 10. f. 1., 

 according to Cuvier is a variety. 



Geji. VII. Anguis. 



Legs o. ; body and tail covered with smooth imbricate scales ; 

 femoral pores none. 



a. Ears distinct. Siguana. 

 Otto''s Blind-worm. Siguana Ottonis, Gray. 

 Brown, with darker lines ; beneath paler ; tail rather longer 

 than the body. Breslau. Discovered by Dr. Otto. 



h. Ears hidden by the skin. Anguis. 



Common Blind-worm. Anguis Fragilis, Lin. Anguis 

 Eryx, Daud., the young. Anguis clivica, Wolf. A. Li- 

 neata, Laur. 



Silvery grey, when young with a black dorsal line and black 

 sides. Europe. 



American Blind-worm. Anguis Eryoc, Linn., said to have 

 four nostrils, I have not been able to see them. 



Gen. VIII. ToRTRix. 



Body long, cylindrical ; back covered with imbricate scales ; 



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