18. scELorzs. 415 
small ; lower eyelid scaly ; ear-opening hidden ; 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 ; four supraoculars, second largest, three in contact with the 
frontal; six supraciliaries ; no frontoparietals ; interparietal broader 
than long, broader but shorter than the frontal, its anterior border 
concave ; parietals narrow, band-like; fourth upper labial below 
the eye. 20 scales round the middle of the body. Fore limbs 
absent ; a minute bud-like rudiment of the hind limb. Tail shorter 
than the body. Pale brown above and on the sides, each scale with 
a dark brown dot; belly brownish white, immaculate ; lower sur- 
face of tail brown-spotted. 
From snout to vent 98 millim., tail 70. 
Natal. 
a. Ad. Port Natal. Rev. H. Calloway [P.]. 
11. Scelotes inornatus. (Prats XXIV. fig. 4.) 
Lithophilus inornatus, Smith, Ill. 8. Afr., Rept., App. p. 12. 
Herpetosaura inornata, part., Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 
1873, p. 147. 
—— inornata, var. mossambica, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 81. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
small; lower eyelid scaly ; ear-opening hidden or hardly distin- 
guishable ; supranasals forming a median suture and in contact 
with the first labial; frontal not twice as long as the frontonasal, 
longer than broad ; four supraoculars, three anterior subequal and 
in contact with the frontal; six supraciliaries ; no frontoparietals ; 
interparietal as long as and broader than the frontal, its anterior 
border concave or angularly emarginate; parietals narrow, band- 
like; fourth upper labial below the eye. 20 (or 18) scales round 
the middle of the body. Limbs absent. Tail slightly longer than 
the body. Pale brown, each scale with a dark brown dot, which is 
very small on the back, larger on the belly, largest on the sides. 
From snout to vent 70 millim., tail 75. 
South Africa. 
a. Ad. 8. Africa. Sir A. Smith oH (Type.) 
6. Ad. Port Natal. Mr. T. Ayres [C.]. 
12. Scelotes arenicola, 
Herpetosaura arenicola, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619, and 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 79, pl. xi. fig. 4, and pl. xiii. a. fig. 4. 
End of snout projecting ; rostral very large; eye small; lower 
eyelid scaly ; ear hidden; supranasals usually forming a median 
suture, sometimes separated, in contact with the first labial ; frontal 
little longer than the frontonasal, nearly as broad as long; no pra- 
frontals ; three supraoculars, first much the largest, two in contact 
