CHAMiESAURA AN GUINEA, Schn. Hist. Amphib. Natur. Ease. iii. page 210. Bum. et Bib.
Erpet. Gener. tom. v. page 441. Ohalcide Monodactyle, Cuv. Reg. Animal (first edition), tom. ii.
page 57. Monodactylus Anguineus, Merr. Tent. Syst. Amph. page. 76. .
Inhabits humid localities, and is found among grass or stones near streams of water, or on the
sea coast. It progresses with great rapidity, and in the manner of a snake.
GONGYLUS CAPENSIS; n. s.
Head four-sided, tapered to the nose. Body long, slender, and slightly depressed. Tail somewhat
four-sided, long, tapered, and pointed. Extremities short and slender, outer toe of each foot very
short, second rather longer, innermost rather longer than the second, third and fourth much the longest,
and of the same length ; each toe armed with a short blunt claw. Rostral plate large, and somewhat
square; nasal plates narrow, and internally contiguous; naso-rostral plate large, and transversely ovate.
Frontal plate bell-shaped, square behind; interparietal plate large, somewhat heart-shaped; parietal
plates long, narrow, and quadrangular; naso-frenal plate very small and subovate; frenal plate large;
preocular plate small. Plates of upper lip, exclusive of rostral, 5 ; of lower lip, exclusive of mental plate,
6; submental plates large, the one immediately behind the mental plate single; behind it four on each
side, edging labial plates. Scales of the back and tail rather large; transversely ovate, or slightly six-
sided; those of the abdomen the same shape, but not quite so lengthened transversely;. nostrils situated
in a notch in the hinder edge of the rostral plate. External ear-opening minute and circular. Lower
eyelid with a large semi-transparent disc. The upper surface of the head greenish white, freckled with
pale brownish red; the back, the sides, and the base of the tail superiorly intermediate between yellowish
brown and oil-green, and with a coppery gloss; each scale, anteriorly, narrowly edged with greenish
white. Sides of the tail liver-brown, slightly specked with white; under parts of body and tail greenish
yellow. Length from nose to base of tail, 2 inches; length of tail not known. The single specimen I
possess was found on the western coast of Southern Africa, among loose stones at the base of a rocky hill.
CRYPTOBLEPHARUS WALBERGII, n. s.
Head four-sided, tapered to the nose; the latter narrow, and slightly arched. The body sub-
quadrangular; the abdomen very flat; the back convex; the sides vertical, Tail subcylindrical, tapered
and pointed.. Frontal plate small, rhomboidal; fronto-parietal plate large, triangular, the hinder edge
or base notched to lodge the anterior extremity of the interparietal plate; naso-rostral plate single, large,
somewhat rhomboidal, longest transversely. Nostril small, ^circular, and situated in nasal plate; one
freno-nasal and two frenal plates; several small preocular plates; edge of orbit surrounded with a ring
of minute subgranular scales; no eyelid. Ear-opening small, in a line with the angle of the mouth.
Scales of the body, and tail large for the size of the lizard, six-sided, greatest length transversely.
Extremities very slender, second and third toes of hinder feet much the longest, outermost and fourth
toes nearly of equal length, the innermost very short; the toes of the fore-feet rather short, the second
and third rather longer than the outermost. Preanal plates two. Colour of: the upper parts intermediate,
between orange-coloured brown and olive-green, In some individuals the back and base of tail
are variegated with six narrow umber-brown lines; the sides deep liver-brown, edged above and
below with a clear white line. The sides U>f body and base of tail intermediate between hair-
brown and liver-brown, the colour of the sides divided from that of the back by the intervention
of a pale sienna-yellow line which originates near the eyebrow, and is lost generally before it
reaches the tail. Colour of the under parts wine-yellow. Length, from nose to base of tail, 1 inch
4 lines; of tail, 2 inches; transverse diameter of body about 1$ line. Inhabits the country to the eastward
of the Cape Colony.
EUMICES (RlOPA) 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 somewhat
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 mou$h. Scales of body and tail six-sided, the anterior
and posterior sides wide, the external and internal extremities of each scale pointed. Colour of upper
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 TRIYITTATUS, Cuv. Regn. Anion., 2nd edition, tom. ii. page 62. Tiliqua Capensis,
Gray, Synop. Rep. in Griffith’s translation of Cuv. Animal Kingdom, vol. ix. page 68. Scincus
carinatus, Dand. Hist. Rept. tom. iv. page 304. Euprepes Merremii. Bum. 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 Europeans
and natives.
EUPREPES BIBRONII, Bum. et Bib. Erpet. General, tom. v. page 675. Tiliqua Bibronii, 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 arip rarely obtained, and I am not able to
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 long and slender. Outer toe about half the length of the second toe; the third nearly as
long as the second. Rostral plate subtriangular; nasal plates small, narrow, and oblong, the circular