17, cHALCIDEs, 403 
4. Chalcides lineatus. 
Zygnis striata, Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 53 (nomen nudum); Cuv. 
. A, Ind ed, ii. p. 64. 
Seps lineatus, Leuckart, Brev. Anim. Descr. 1828, p. 10. 
striatus, Guér. Icon. R. A., Rept. pl. xv. fig. 3; Gravenh. N. 
Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol, xxiii. 1851, i. p. 374, pl. xlii. 
chalcides, part., Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 769; Schreib, Herp. Eur. 
p. 846; Camerano, Mon. Saur. Ital. p. 91. 
— chalcis, Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 93. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting; eye moderate; ear-opening 
much larger than the nostril. Latter pierced entirely in advance of 
the suture between the rostral and the first labial; a postnasal, in 
contact with the first labial only; supranasals distinct; frontal 
longer than broad; fourth labial entering the orbit. Body much 
elongate ; limbs very small, tridactyle; the fourth toe as long as the 
third; the length of the hind limb equals at least the distance 
between the ear and the fore limb, and is contained twelve to four- 
teen times in the distance from snout to vent. 22 or 24 (usually 
22) scales round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth. Tail, 
when intact, as long as, or a little longer than, head and body. 
Olive or bronzy above, with nine or eleven dark brown longitudinal 
streaks, as broad as or broader than the interspaces between them, 
which occupy the middle of each scale. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 260 Fore limb ........ 6 
Head .......000 0s 12 Hind limb........ 10 
Width ofhead .... 8 Tall seaavsae ses 134 
Body .....--+ee0- 114 
South of France, Spain, and Portugal. 
a-c. Ad. Near Nice. 
d, Ad. Orense. M. V. L. Seoane [P.]. 
e. Ad. Serra de Gerez. Dz. H. Gadow [C.]. 
f. Ad. Oporto. W. C. Tait, Esq. [P.]. 
g. Yg. Oporto. Dr. H. Gadow (C.]. 
h-i. Ad, & hgr. . Spanish Peninsula. P. B. Webb, Esq. [P.]. 
5. Chalcides tridactylus. 
Seps tridactylus, Gray, ely 125. 
Chalcides tridactyla, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 64. 
Chamesaura cha! cis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 206. 
Chalcides seps, Latr. Rept. ii. p. 82. 3 
Beps iridactylu, Daud. Rept. iv. p. 333, pl. lvii.; Gerv. Ann. Se. 
Nat. (2) vi. 1836, p. 310. a 
— 4 dics, Merr. Tent. p. 75; Duvern. R. A., Rept. pl. xxii. bis, 
fig. 1. 
Pyguie chaleidica, Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 53. 
Seps vittatus, Leuckart, Brev. Anim. Deser, p. 9. gas 
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