290 OCELLATED SCINK. 



in Mr. White's Journal above referred to. The 

 tongue in this, as well as in the other Scinks, is 

 short, flat, rounded, and entire ; not forked as in 

 most Lizards. 



SPOTTED SCINK. 



Lacerta Guttata. L. cauda tereti longa maculis quatuor trans- 

 versis Sf apice nigris, corpore supra cano albido guttata, suhtus 

 alhido, Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel, p. lo78. Lepechin. it. 1. p, 

 317. t. 22./. 2, 3. 



Grey Lizard, spotted with white, with long tail marked by 

 four transverse black bands and with black tip. 



A VERY small species, not much exceeding 

 three inches in length : sufficiently described in 

 the specific character : native of the Ural desert, 

 where it was observed by Lepechin, 



OCELLATED SCINK. 



Lacerta Ocellata. L, cauda tereti hrevi corpore suhtus alho, su- 

 pra ex griseo virescente, ocellis subrotundis radio fuscis, disco 

 rectangulo albis» Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1077. Fursk. F. 

 Arab. p. 13. 



Greenish-grey Lizard, white beneath, marked above with 

 roundish ocellated brown spots with white rectangular disks. 



Length about a span : body depressed : feet 

 short, pentadactyle : no femoral warts : the other 

 particulars sufficiently described by the specific 



