SCINCUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS. 103 



Geographical Distribution. The range of this animal is from latitude 39° to 

 Florida inclusive, along the Atlantic states. 



General Remarks. This species of Scincus was first described by Gilliams. 

 Lawson, in his History of Carolina, speaks of a lizard called the Scorpion,* but 

 he does not mention the red head, which is the distinctive character of this; and 

 Pennant, in the supplement to his Arctic Zoology, has only quoted Lawson. 



*P. 131. 



