SCINCUS aUINQUELINEATUS. 125 



foi' the Plestiodon erythrocephalus, as his description of the plates under the tail 

 might lead one to suppose, for in the latter animal the head is always red, and the 

 longitudinal lines along the body are always wanting. 



There can be little doubt that Garden himself, who had the best opportunity of 

 examining, believed this animal to be different from the Blue-tailed Lizard of 

 Catesby, or he would never have sent it to Linnaeus as a new species. 



After all, the specific name of "quinquelineatus" is not so well chosen as it 

 appears at first view, for others of the same family have the same number of lines, 

 and disposed nearly in a similar manner. 



