REPTILIA. 
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of a subgenus of Sctncus ; it is characterized and distinguished from Scincus 
proper by having the nostril between two nasals j eyes large; external 
opening of the ear very wide, nearly hidden below two large scales. Scales • 
striated, those on the back very large, larger than those on the belly. — Sc. 
fascialus, from Oran (Algeria). Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1864, p, 46. 
Mochlus, g. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 308. Similar to Scincus ; 
body and tail elongate ; limbs feeble ; toes 6-6. Snout depressed, wedge- 
shaped, the rostral shield having a sharpish anterior edge. A pair of supra- 
nasals; nostril in the middle of a separate shield. Scales smooth, eyelid 
scaly ; opening of the ear small. Palate toothless. — M. pumtuUitus, from the 
Zambesi. Having lately received one of the typical specimens of Etimeces 
afevj Peters, we have convinced ourselves that Mochlus is identical with that 
species, shortly characterized in Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p. 48. 
Teratoscincus, g. n., Strauch, Bull. Acad. Sc. St. P^tersb. 1863, vi. p. 280. 
Caput tetragono-pyramidale, breve, crassum, cut® granulosa obtectum, capite 
Geckonis simillimum. Oculi magni, pupilla cirCulari; palpebra inferior 
nulla, Superior brevissima, formam lobi crenulati praebens. Meatus audito- 
rius magnus, sed angustus et oblique positus ; membrana tympani profunde 
detnisa. Nares parvas inter scutella quinque positae. Lingua brevis, car- 
nosa, apice fissa, squamulis planis minutissimis tecta. Truncus medio dila- 
tatus, subdepressus, ubique squamis magnis imbricatis obtectus ; squamae 
laeves, margine libero subrotundatae vel paulum angulatae. Pedes quatuor 
pentadactyli, squamati, excepta facie posteriori femorum et antibrachiorum 
granulata. Bigiti inaequales, marginibus valde pectinati. Hypodactylia 
squamulis subspinosis. Pori nulli. Cauda longa, teres, squamata, supra in 
duabus -tertiis partibus posterioribiis scutis 12-14 magnis latis subfalcifor- 
mibiis loricata. 
Teratoscincus heyserlingii. Supra sordide griseo-albiis, subtus albicans; 
capite nonnullis maculis irregularibus nigrescentibus, dorso utrinqiie vittis 
duabus nigris indistinctis et saepe interruptis. Pullus differt dorso caudaque 
transverse nigrofasciatis. Longitude totius animalis 16-8 ctm. ; capitis 
2-9 ctm. ; caudae, a margine posteriori cloacae usque ad apicem 6*6 ctm. 
Hah. Seri-Tschah (Persia). 
Mocoa. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 180, prefers using 
the more classic and prior name of Lanipropholis'' (Fitz.), although ^^the 
genus was first established by J. E. Gray, and is not to be attributed to 
Fitzinger.” Consequently it should be called Lampropholis, Cope. The 
author also is of opinion that the American species placed by Gray in Mocoa 
belongs to the genus Oligosoma (Girard), under which (Girard), 
Leptosoma (Fitz.), and perhaps Homhronia (Girard) may be placed as 
synonyms. 
(^Mocoa') LamprophoUs assatus, n. sp.. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 
1864, p. 179, from Guatemala. 
(Mocoa) Oligosoma gemmingeri, n. sp., Cope, 1. c. p. 180, from Mexico. 
Siaphos simplex J n. sp.. Cope, 1. c. p. 229, from Australia. 
Rhodona punctata. Dr. Gray has received a lizard from the Swan River 
which he considers a variety of this species, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 296. 
