15. sorncus. 389 
15. SCINCUS. 
Scincus, ede) Laur, Syn, Rept. p. 55; Daud. Rept. iv. p. 221. 
Scincus, Mitzing. N. Class. Rept. p.23; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 161 ; 
Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 11; Dum. § Bibr. y. p. 559; Gray, Cat. 
Liz. p. 74, 
Pedorychus, Wiegm. Arch. f. Nat. 1887, p. 128; Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ae. 1864, p. 44. 
Scincopus, Peters, 1. c. p. 45, 
Otolepis, Strauch, Bull. Ac, St. Pétersb. x. 1866, p. 459. 
Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate ; 
pterygoids toothed. Lateral teeth conical or with obtuse tubercular 
crowns. Eyelids well developed, scaly. Ear hidden or partly con- 
cealed under an opercle. Nostril pierced between an upper and a 
lower nasal; supranasals present; prefrontals, frontoparietals, and 
interparietal distinct. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; digits 
flattened, serrated laterally, with transverse lamelle inferiorly. 
North Africa, Arabia, Persia, Sind. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Snout subconical, obtusely truncate ; 
digits feebly depressed, feebly toothed 
laterally ; ear-opening large, covered 
by two large scales .............. 1. fasciatus, p. 390. 
TI. Snout cuneiform, with sharp, projecting labial edge. 
A. Six supraoculars. 
1. Dorsal scales striated ; ear-opening 
quite undistinguishable ; 22 scales 
round the middle of the body .. 2. hemprichit, p. 390. 
2. Dorsal scales perfectly smooth; ear-opening easily distin- 
guishable, just behind and a little below the commissure 
of the mouth ; 26 to 28 (rarely 30) scales round the middle 
of the body. 
Rostral in contact with the frontonasal .. 3. officinalis, p. 391. 
Rostral separated from the frontonasal by ; 
the supranasals .........---.-e+ sees 4. conirostris, p, 391. 
3. Dorsal scales perfectly smooth ; ear-opening almost or quite 
undistinguishable. 
28 or 30 scales round the body.......... 5. arenarius, p. 392. 
24 or 26 scales round the body.......... 6. muscatensis, p. 392. 
B. Five supraoculars. 
24 scales round the body .............. 7. meccensis, p. 392. 
29 or 30 scalesround the body.......... 8. mitranus, p. 393. 
