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distinct,, and divided ; but the number of toes vary 

 in the species. 



C. imbricatus. Spix, pi. 27. flavescens Gray. Lac. pi. 32. 



Ophiodes* Wag. The feet^ either two or four^ are ru- 

 dimentary^ and generally undivided. 



Monodactylus Merr. Feet four^ oblong, scaly ; scales 

 of the body and tail carinated, pointed, and verticil- 

 late. 



M. anguinus (Lacerta anguinus Linn.) 



Ophiodes W dig. Feet two/ undivided, the posterior pair 

 obsolete j scales uniform^ imbricate ; tongue shorty 

 bifid. 



Bipes Merr. (^fig. 124. e.) Feet with two unequal toes. 

 B. anguinus Merr. Seba, i. pi. 85. f. 3. 



Chirotes Cuv. Two short fore-feet, divided into four 

 toes ; scales verticillated ; head obtuse ; " head, ver- 

 tebrse, and skeleton resembling Amphisbaenas." — 

 {Cuvier.) Eyes very small ; tympanum covered. 

 C. canaliculatus Cuv. {Jiff. 124. a. &.) 



a. b. a. Chalcis tetradactyla. e. Bipes lepidopodus. 



d. Chirotes canaliculatus. 



* It remains uncertain whether this group is the last of the lizards, or 

 the first of the serpents ; my impression is, that, by the relation pointed out 

 by Cuvier, of Chirotes to AmphisbcBnce, the latter arrangement will be the 

 most natural. See Griff. Cuv. p. 163. 



