332 Mr. J. E. Gray on the Slender-tongued Saurians. 



tail as long as the body, rather tapering, covered with scales like the 

 body, those on the under side being rather the largest. 



Aprasia pulchella. Pale olive ; head brown lined ; scales pale 

 edged, those of the back and sides with 1 or 3 oblong longitudinal 

 spots forming interrupted lines ; beneath pale greyish, scales darker 

 edged ; tail brown lined and beneath whitish. Length of body 2 J, 

 of tail If inches. The scales of the occiput are rather larger than 

 the rest, and the front of the vent is covered with scales like the rest 

 of the body. 



New Holland. Brit. Mus. 



Herinia. Ears none; otherwise like Tiliqua, toes 5 — 5; scales 

 smooth, thick. 



Herinia capensis. Pale olive ; back darker varied, with a silvery 

 streak on each side; sides dark brown ; beneath silvery white. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



*** Muzzle rounded ; body subcylindrical, elongate ; limbs 4, far apart. 



Riopa, Gray. Toes 5 — 5, unequal; ears distinct; head shields 

 normal ; front toes much longer, the two inner more slender than 

 the rest. 



Riop a punctata, Seba, ii. t. 12. f. 16. Seps scincoides, Cuv. Ly- 

 gosoma punctata, Gray, Anim. Kingd. Scincus Cuvieri, Cocteau. 



Bengal. Brit. Mus. 



Riopa Ruppellii, Seps scincoides, Mus. Francfort, not Cuv. Pale 

 olive, silvery, very finely punctuated, with a whitish streak on each 

 side, edged beneath with a dark line ; beneath whitish. 



Arabia Petrea ? Mus. Francfort. 



Riopa Brougainvillii, Scincus Brougainvillii, Cocteau MSS. Bronze 

 olive ; back with two or four interrupted series of black spots with 

 a broad dark brown stripe from the eyes over the legs on each side ; 

 belly and lower parts of the sides pale and black spotted ; tail brown, 

 sides dark varied, the front toes rather longer than in the former. 



New Holland. 



Lygosoma, Gray. Toes 5 — 5 ; ears distinct ; head shields ? 



Lygosoma abdominalis, Lacerta abdominalis, Thunb. L. serpens, 

 Gray, Zool. Journ. not Synon. 



India, Java. Brit. Mus. 



Lygosoma australis, n. s. Back dark golden brown, darker varied, 

 with a broad pale golden streak down each side ; sides grey, closely 

 black dotted. 



New Holland. Mus. Chatham. 



Chiamela, n. g. Toes 4—4; ear3 very small ? or none ? head like 



