420 SCINCIDE. 
5. Sepsina johanne. (Pirate XXVI. fig. 2.) 
Gongylus johanne, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) vi. 1880, p. 236. 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening very small, roundish; 
frontal about twice as long as the frontonasal, longer than broad, 
angularly emarginate on each side by the first supraocular, and 
posteriorly by the interparietal; five supraoculars; seven supra- 
ciliaries ; interparietal longer than broad, nearly half as long as the 
frontal ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 30 to 32 scales 
round the middle of the body, equal. Limbs very short, penta- 
dactyle; the fore limb, stretched forwards, reaches the ear; its 
length a little less than that of the head. Tail once and a half the 
length of head and body. Brown above, mottled with darker, 
whitish inferiorly. 
“yiillim. millim, 
Total length ...... 178 Fore limb ........ 9 
HOA crac aa oae 11 Hind limb........ 14 
Width of head .... 7 Wa, gondsihaies, ace 105 
Body sacakas weak 62 
A larger specimen, with reproduced tail, measures 115 millim, 
from snout to vent. 
Comoro Islands. 
a. Her. Comoro Islands. Sir J. Kirk (C.]. T 
$e kk coker C. E. Bewsher, Esq. [c.f (Types) 
6. Sepsina tetradactyla. 
* Benda (Rhinoscincus) tetradactyla, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, 
p. 874. 
Snout much depressed, subcuneiform ; lower eyelid scaly; ear- 
opening very small; frontal longer than broad, emarginate 
posteriorly ; four supraoculars; four supraciliaries; fourth upper 
labial entering the orbit. 22 scales round the body. Limbs very 
short, tetradactyle ; fore limb hardly half as long as the head, two 
thirds the length of the hind limb. Dark brown above, with 
black lines following the longitudinal series of scales; dirty white 
inferiorly, with blue network on the tail. 
millim. millim. 
Total length (tail re- From snout to vent. 82 
produced) ...... 120 Fore limb ........ 5 
Head sic cscnb tens 11 Hindlimb........ 8 
Zanzibar coast. 
