18. sceLoTEs. 409 
22 scales round the body; interparietal 
broader than the frontal .......... 6. capensis, p. 412. 
B. Limbs tridactyle. 
18 scales round the body; third finger 
much shorter than second ........ 7. tridactylus, p. 413. 
20 scales round the body; third finger 
as long as second ................ 8. caffer, p. 413. 
II. Fore limbs absent; 18 or 20 scales round the body. 
A. Hind limb didactyle; supranasal 
in contact with the first labial .. 9. bépes, p. 414. 
B. Hind limb represented externally 
by a bud-like rudiment ; a post- 
nasal shield between the supra- 
nasal and the first labial ...... 10. guentheri, p. 414. 
C. No trace of limbs externally ; supranasal in contact with the 
first labial. 
Four supraoculars, three in contact with 
thefrontall ..oj¢c0cc teak hae Ae the 8 11. imornatus, p. 415. 
Three supraoculars, first much larger 
than second; body subcylindrical .. 12. arenicola, p. 415. 
Three supraoculars, first largest ; body 
quadrangular 1... ccc cece eee 13. bicolor, p. 416. 
1. Scelotes bojeri. 
Thyrus bogerii, Gray, Caé. p. 124. 
Scincus bojerii, Desjard. Ann. Se. Nat, xxii. 1831, p. 296. 
Gongylus bojerii, Dum. §& Bibr. v. p. 625. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk; ear- 
opening a horizontal slit; supranasals forming a median suture; a 
postnasal between the supranasal and the first labial; frontal more 
than twice as long as the frontonasal, angularly emarginate on each 
side by the first supraocular; a pair of prefrontals, widely sepa- 
rated ; four supraoculars ; six or seven supraciliaries; a pair of 
frontoparietals ; interparietal as long as broad or a little longer than 
broad, as broad as or a little broader than the parietals, narrower 
than the frontal; fifth upper labial entering the orbit. 38 scales 
round the middle of the body. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle, 
meeting or overlapping when adpressed ; the fore limb, stretched 
forwards, reaches as far as the posterior border of the orbit. Taila 
little longer than head and body. Bronzy olive above, back uniform 
or with small black spots; frequently a black vertebral line ; alight 
dorso-lateral streak, beginning on the canthus rostralis ; sides black, 
