GERRHOSAURUS SEPIFORMIS.— Dum. et Bib. 
Reptilia. — Plate XLI. Fig. 2. 
G.dorso latcribusque lineis angustis alteme fuscis et flavo-brunneis variegate j labio superiore brunneo, 
flavo-albo-fasciato ; corporis squamis mnltiliratis, caudffi cannatis. 
Longitudo e naso ad basin caudse 2 unc. 3 lin. ; caudse 5 unc. 
Scincus SEPIFORMIS, Schneid, Hist. Amp. fasc. ii. p. 191, Merr. Tent. Syst. Amp. p. t • 
Colour. — Back and sides variegated with from twenty to twenty-four 
narrow longitudinal lines, half of which are of a tint intermediate between 
umber and deep reddish brown, the other half between yellowish and deep 
reddish brotvn, and they vary in depth in different specimens. I he t ai 
lines are of unequal width, and the one which extends along the edge of the 
back on each side is invariably the narrowest, being seldom more than a 
simple line, from which circumstance the light coloured lines on each side 
of it are broader than those elsewhere. In some specimens the sides, instead 
of being marked with distinct lines, are dark brown sprinkled with small 
white spots, both irregular in regard of size and distribution. Uppei paits of 
tail coloured like the back, only the lines are less distinct, and scarcely if at 
all visible towards its point, sides of tail umber-brown more or less profusely 
variegated with small white spots or longitudinal streaks. The lateral fold 
of skin, the throat, the belly, and the under surface of extremities inter- 
mediate between yellowish and greenish grey,— the scales of the former 
edged with brownish red. Under surface of tail intermediate between 
broccoli and hair-brown. Legs and toes orange-coloured brown, freely 
shaded or deadened with umber-brown, the hinder ones darkest. Upper lip 
transversely barred yellowish white and liver-brown, anterior portion of 
lateral fold variegated with transverse bars alternately white and light reddish 
brown. ^ A n 
Form, & c. Figure fusiform, the tail very long,* and tapered to a fine 
point Head small, and the muzzle slightly pointed. Body subquadrangu- 
lar as is also the tail at its base, elsewhere the latter is cylindrical. Frontal 
plate oblong, six-sided, the two anterior and posterior sides much shorter 
* The specimen represented in the Plate had the tail unusually short. 
