368 SCINCID. 
(3. First supraocular very small and not in contact with 
the frontal, sometimes fused with the anterior supra- 
ciliary. 
22 or 24 scales round the body ...... 23. lynwe, p. 380. 
II. A median series of transversely enlarged dorsal scales. 
21: scales round the body; a single 
‘postmental; nostril pierced above 
the suture between the rostral and 
the fitst labial 6 sectes cae see wow es 26. schwartzir, p. 382. 
21 or 23 scales round the body; two 
azygos postmentals; nostril pierced 
above the first labial ............ 27. scutatus, p. 382. 
17 or 19 scales round the body ; a single 
postmental ; nostril pierced above the 
suture between the rostral and the 
TSH Lab, aici bale pee dere tgs 28. teniolatus, p. 383. 
III. Longitudinal series of dorsal scales in even number; the 
upper border of the first upper labial in contact with the 
nasal only. 
24 to 28 scales round the body; two 
azygos postmentals ......... .... 29. schneideri, p. 383. 
30 or 32 scales round the body; two ; 
azygos postmentals .............. 30. algeriensis, p. 384. 
30 scales round the body; a single 
postmental .............00e eee 31. blythianus, p. 385. 
1. Eumeces longirostris. 
Plestiodon longirostris, Cope, Proc. dc. Philad. 1861, p. 818. 
Eumeces longirostris, Cope, Check-list N. Am. Rept. p. 45; Garman, 
Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 25, 1884, p. 287. 
Snout rather elongate, obtuse; cheeks swollen in the adult. 
Nasal small, followed by a small postnasal, which forms a suture 
with the first labial; anterior loreal forming a suture with the 
frontonasal; four supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with 
the frontal; posterior border of the interparietal in contact with 
the nuchals, of which there are one or two pairs ; eighth upper labial 
the largest ; ear-opening much larger than a dorsal scale, with two 
or three slightly prominent granules anteriorly ; a single azygos 
postmental. 36 (to 42) scales round the body, the laterals smallest. 
The length of the hind limb is contained about twice in the distance 
from snout to vent; when pressed against the body, the limbs 
largely overlap. A median series of transversely enlarged sub- 
caudals. Young pale brown on the back, blackish on the sides ; {wo 
white lateral streaks, the upper commencing on the supraciliary 
border ; a white, black-edged line on each side of the upper surface 
