412 SCINCID A. 
5. Scelotes igneocaudatus. 
Gongylus igneocaudatus, Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. xix. 1867, 
p. 234, 
Snout subcuneiform, projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate, lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk; ear- 
opening suboval, horizontal; supranasals forming a median suture ; 
a postnasal between the supranasal and the first labial; frontal 
twice as long as the frontonasal, much longer than broad ; no pre- 
frontals ; four supraoculars, second largest ; seven supraciliaries ; no 
frontoparietals ; interparietal longer than broad, shorter and nar- 
rower than the frontal, narrower than the parietals, its anterior 
border obtusely angular, fitting in an emargination of the posterior 
border of the frontal; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24: 
scales round the middle of the body. Limbs pentadactyle, weak, 
widely separated when adpressed ; the fore limb, stretched forwards, 
does not quite reach the ear; digitsslender. Tail longer than head 
and body. Uniform golden yellow above, tail reddish; a broad 
black, white-edged band on each side, beginning from the nostril 
and passing through the eye; a second, narrower black streak from 
the commissure of the jaws to the groin, passing just below the 
ear, and a third, narrower still, from axilla to groin; lower surfaces 
uniform whitish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length (tail in- Body sscaw i wares . 43 
JUteD ox nsx 83 Fore limb ........ 6 
Heads. wteaeaa acute 8 Hind limb ...... 13 
Width ofhead .... 45 
Madagascar. 
a, Ad. Tullear. M. Grandidier [P.]. (One of 
the types.) 
6. Scelotes capensis. (Prare XXIV. fig. 1.) 
Gongylus capensis, Smith, Ill. 8. Afr., Rept., App. p. 10. 
Seps capensis, Giinth, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1871, p. S41.” 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate ; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk; ear- 
opening minute, circular; supranasals forming a median suture; 
a postnasal between the supranasal and the first labial; frontal 
about twice as long as the frontonasal ; no preefrontals ; four supra- 
oculars, second and third largest; no frontoparietals ; interparietal 
broader than long, broader than the frontal, much broader than the 
parietals ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 22 scales round 
the middle of the body. Limbs very short, pentadactyle, the fore 
limb half as long as its distance from the end of the snout. Tail 
