CLASS REPTILIA. 



LepidopuSf Lacep. Ann. Mus. iv. t. 65, Tail when perfect, 

 longer than the body. 



d. Feet with two unequal toes ; scales Tceeled ; femoral pores 

 none. Bipes, Merrem. Scelotes, Fitz. Fygodactylus, 

 Merrem. Zignis, Wagler. 



Cape Bipes. Bipes Anguinus, Merrem. Anguis Bipes, 

 Lhin. Lacerta Bipes, Gmel. Seba, j. i. 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. Se.:::^ 

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

 according to Cuvier is a variety. 



Gen. 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 ralher longer 

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



6. Ears hidden by the skin. Anguis. 



Common Blind-worm. A?iguis Fragilis, Lin. Anguis 

 Eryijo, 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 Erycc, Linn., said to have 

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



Gen. VIII. ToETaix. 

 Body long, cylindrical ; back covered with imbricate scales ; 

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