408 SCINCIDZ. 
18. SCELOTES*. 
Bipes haa Opp.), Merrem, Tent. p. 76. 
? Pygodactylus, Merrem, I. c. p. 77. 
Scelotes, Fitzing. N. Classip Rept. p. 23; Dum. § Bibr.v. p. 784; 
Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 123; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 241. 
Zygnis (non Fitz.), Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 160. 
Scelotes, part., Weegm. Herp. Mex. p. 11. 
Amphiglossus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p.606; Gray, lc. p.125 ; Giinth. 1. e. 
Gongylus, part., Dum. & Bibr. p. 618. 
Thyrus, Gray, l. c. p. 124; Giinth, 1. ¢. 
Lithophilus (non Frél.), Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr., Rept., App. p. 12. 
Herpetosaura, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619, and Reise n. 
Mossamb. iii. p. 79, 
? Sepomorphus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 422. 
Seps, part., Giinth. 1. ¢. 
Palatine bones in contact on the median line of the palate, which 
is toothless. Teeth conical. Eyelids developed. Tar distinct or 
hidden. Nostril pierced between the rostral and a very small nasal, 
which may be reduced to a narrow ring; supranasals present ; pra- 
frontals and frontoparietals small or absent. Body more or less 
elongate; limbs more or less developed or absent. 
Tropical and South Africa ; Madagascar. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
J. Both pairs of limbs present ; a postnasal shield between the supra- 
nasal and the first labial. 
A. Limbs pentadactyle. 
1. Preefrontals and frontoparietals distinct. 
38 scales round the middle of the body. 1. bojeri, p. 409. 
2, No prefrontals nor frontoparietals. 
a. Lower eyelid scaly. 
34 scales round the body........... . 2. astrolabi, p. 410. 
80 scales round the body............ 3. polleni, p. 410. 
24 scales round the body............ 4, melanopleura, p. 411. 
b. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 
24 scales round the body; interparietal' 
narrower than the frontal ........ 5. igneocaudatus, p. 412. 
* ? Scelotes fierinensis, Grandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. xxi. 1869, p. 340.—Mada- 
ascar. 
e ? Gongylus mowroundave, Grandid. Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) xv. 1872, art. 20, p. 9.— 
Madagascar. 
Herpetosaura occidentalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 416.—Camaroon. 
