18. scELorzs. 413 
slightly longer than head and body. Olive-brown above, each 
scale, anteriorly, narrowly edged with greenish white ; lower sur- 
faces greenish yellow. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 77 _ Fore limb ........ 5 
Heady aa: 5 ej acogeese ais 5 Hind limb ........ 8 
Width of head...... 3 Dail shop ae aaa ees 40 
Body a civiceseiaree 32 
Western coast of South Africa. 
a-b, Ad., bad state. 8. Africa, Sir A. Smith ([P.]. 
7. Scelotes tridactylus. (Prarz XXIV. fig. 2.) 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
small; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk; ear- 
opening hidden; supranasals forming a median suture; fronto- 
nasal broader than long, in contact with the anterior angle of the 
frontal ; latter bell-shaped, a little longer than broad, twice as long 
as the frontonasal; no prefrontals; four supraoculars, second and 
third largest ; six supraciliaries ; no frontoparietals ; interparietal 
broader than long, a little broader than the frontal, much broader 
than the parietals; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 18 
scales round the middle of the body. Limbs tridactyle, hind pair 
proportionally much longer than fore pair; second finger longest; 
third toe very long, much longer than second. Tail as long as 
head and body. Silvery grey above, each scale darker in the 
centre; a whitish, black-edged lateral band, commencing on the 
snout and passing over the supraoculars; lower surfaces pale 
brownish. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 66 Fore limb ........ 3 
Head »0.3 seo scree 45 Hindlimb ........ 8 
Width of head 3 AD allssidesGilecntug vesateeeacs 34 
Body ......-..005 27°5 
Cape of Good Hope. 
a, Ad.? Cape of Good Hope. Rev. C. Searle [P.]. 
8. Scelotes? caffer. 
Sepomorphus caffer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1861, p. 422, 
Lower eyelid with a transparent disk, Tympanum hidden. 
Interparietal shield as broad as frontal. Limbs very short, two 
pairs, tridactyle ; second and third fingers equal, third toe longer 
