346 SCINCIDZ. 
1. Ablepharus boutonii. 
Cryptoblepharus boutonii, Gray, Cat. p. 64. 
Scincus boutonii, Desjard. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 1831, p. 298. 
Ablepharis leschenault, Cocteau, Mag. de Zool, 1832, Rept. pl.i. 
Ablepharus peecilopleurus, Wiegm. N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xvii. 
1835, i. p. 202, pl. viii. fig. 1; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1874, 
. 296, 
Gepiohlertedta peronii, Cocteau, Et. Seine. p. 1. 
leschenaultii, Coct. 1. ¢. 
Cryptoblepharus peecilopleurus, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1839, p. 335, 
and Zool. Erebus § Terror, Rept. pl. v. fig. 2. 
Tiliqua buchanani, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. p. 291. 
Ablepharus peronii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 813; Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 
1854, p. 619; Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Caléd. p. 31. 
Cryptoblepharus eximius, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 195, 
and U.S, Explor. Exped., Herp, p. 222, pl. xxvi. figs, 25-32. 
plagiocephalus, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 220, 
pl. xxvi. figs. 17-24. 
? Ablepharus nigropunctatus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 487. 
Ablepharus boutonii, Strauch, Mél. Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1868, 
p- 566, and Bull. xii. p. 368; Giinth. 1. c.; Peters & Doria, Ann. 
Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 339 ; Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 77. 
—— quinqueteniatus, Giinth. 1. c. 
—— rutilus, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Freunde, 1879, p. 37. 
—— (Cryptoblepharus) boutonii, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. 
p. 468, pl. xxii. a. fig. 1, 
— = leschenaultii, Bocourt, J. c. 
— ) peronii, Bocourt, 0. ¢. 
outonl, var. cognatus, Boetty. Zool, Anz. 1881, p. 359, and 
-Abh. Senck, Ges. xii, 1881, p. 454, pl. ii. fig. 4. 
Snout pointed, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely surrounded 
by a circle of granules ; upper eyelid represented by three or four 
larger scales. Rostral largely in contact with the frontonasal ; pre- 
frontals either forming a suture or narrowly separated; frontal 
small, in contact with the first and second supraoculars, in contact 
with or separated from the interparietal ; latter very large, formed 
by fusion with the frontoparietals ; five supraoculars, second largest, 
fifth smallest ; five or six supraciliaries, second largest; a pair of 
large nuchals, Ear-opening roundish, about as large as the pupil. 
Scales smooth or feebly striated; dorsals largest ; the two median 
series strongly dilated transversely in specimens with fewer (20 or 
22) longitudinal series of scales. Limbs well developed, pentadac- 
tyle; the hind limb reaches the axilla, or not so far; digits long 
and slender, smooth inferiorly. Tail a little longer than head and 
body. 
millim. : millim. 
Total length ...... 105 Fore limb ........ 15 
LOR sy a it 0) sanleg we 10 Hind limb........ 19 
Width of head .... 6 Pall: saccle sk aaitd oer 84 62 
Bod yen caw woes 33 
Irregularly distributed over the hotter parts of both hemispheres, 
