appendix. 
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4 lines j of tail, 2 inches ; transverse diameter of body about 1* line. Inhabits the country to the east- 
ward of the Cape Colony. 
EUMICES (RIOPA) SUNDERALLII, n. s. 
Head rather small, slightly wedge-shaped ; sides nearly vertical ; nose arched. Body almost 
cylindrical, the abdomen slightly flattened ; tail perfectly cylindrical, tapered, and pointed. . Extremities 
slender and short ; toes slightly depressed, above and beneath with transverse plates, the innermost and 
outermost toes of the fore-feet very short, and of equal length, the rest rather longer, and all of equal 
length ; the innermost toe of hinder-feet very short, the second and outermost rather longer, and of 
equal length ; the third longer than the second, and the fourth considerably longer than the third. 
Rostral plate large, triangular ; supra-nasal plates contiguous ; naso-rostral seven-sided ; fronto-nasal 
quadrangular, and widely apart. Frontal plate seven-sided, widest in front ; fronto-parietal plates some- 
what four-sided; parietal plates subovate; interparietal, five-sided. Nasal plates quadrangular, the 
nostril near the middle, toward the upper edge. Freno-nasal and frenal plate quadrangular ; two or three 
small preocular plates. Lower eyelid coated with two rows of small plates. External ear-opening- 
small, oblique, in a line with the angle of the mouth. Scales of body and tail six-sided, the anterior 
and posterior sides wide, the external and internal extremities of each scale pointed. Colour of uppei 
parts intermediate between brownish purple-red and light brownish red; each scale irregularly edged 
with greyish white. Under parts intermediate between straw and wine yellow. Length from nose 
to base of tail, 2 inches 8 lines; of tail, 2 inches 10 lines; circumference of thickest part of body, 
1 inch 2 lines. , . , 
Inhabits the country to the eastward of the Cape Colony, and specimens are but seldom obtained. 
EUPREPES TRIVITTATUS, Cm. Regn. Anim., 2nd edition, tom. ii. page 02. Tiliqua Capensis, 
Gray, Synop. Rep. in Griffith’s translation of Cm. Animal Kingdom, vol. ix. page 68. Scincus 
carinatus, Dand. Hist. Rept. tom. iv. page 304. Euprepes Merremii. Rum. et Bib. Erpet. 
General, tom. v. page 671. 
Inhabits all parts of Southern Africa. It is generally found among loose stones, or in spots 
covered with shrubs, and is very frequently seen in the immediate vicinity of the dwellings of Euio- 
peans and natives. 
EUPREPES BIBRONII, Bum. et Bib. Erpet. General, tom. v. page 675. Tiliqua Bibronu, Gray. 
Cat. Slender-tongued Saurians, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. i. page 290. 
Found, but not abundantly, in different districts of Southern Africa. 
EUPREPES GRAVENHORSTII, Bum. et Bib. Erpet. Gen. tom. v.p age 686. Scincus vittatus, 
Gravenh. Mus. Bresl. 
This species occurs in Southern Africa, but specimens are rarely obtained, and I am not able 
specify the particular locality in which they are to be procured. 
EUPREPES SUNDERALLII, n. s. 
Head small, four-sided, strongly tapered in front of the eyes towards the nose. Body slender 
and depressed ; sides rather protuberant and convex. Tail long, very slender, pointed and cylindrical. 
Extremities loiig and slender. Outer toe about half the length of the second toe ; the third nearly as 
lono- as the second. Rostral plate subtriangular ; nasal plates small, narrow, and oblong, the cncular 
