814 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HERPETOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND, 



supraoculars, the second lai-gest ; eight supraciliaries ; a com- 

 plete series of iufraoculars ; fifth and sixth upper labials sub- 

 ocular ; three large temporals ; three pairs of nuchals. Ear 

 orifice shorter than eyelids, oval, with two large lobules anteriorly. 

 Scales in 28 rows, dorsals striated, caudals more strongly so, latex'als 

 considerably the smallest. The ends of the adpressed limbs far 

 apart. Tail cylindrical, nearly twice as long as head and body. 

 Yellowish-olive above, with oblong spots of black forming inter- 

 rupted longitudinal lines, alternating with lines of diamond- 

 shaped yellow spots ; on the tail the black lines are continuous, 

 the yellow markings obsolete ; a broad black streak below the 

 eye to the ear, another on the edge of each jaw ; sides of neck 

 black, fretted with yellow ; of body, marbled and streaked with 

 yellow and black ; beneath olive. 



Total length 



Head, length . 



Head, width 



Body 

 Loc. — Queensland. 



This handsome lizard appears to be the northern re]iresentative 

 of E. luctuosa, from which it is distinguishable by its longer 

 limbs placed much further apart, smaller scales, strongly striated 

 upper caudals, and other chai\acters. 



Egernia bungana. 



Head rather small ; a postnarial groove and subnarial suture 

 distinct. Frontonasal in contact with the rostral ; prefrontals 

 forming a median suture ; frontal not twice as long as broad ; 

 considerably longer and broader than the interparietal ; four 

 supraoculars, second l?rgest ; nine supraciliaries, fifth supra- 

 labial subocular ; four pairs of nuchals. Ear orifice crescentic, 

 three-fourths of the length of the eyelids, with three large lobules 

 antex-iorly. Scales in 30 rows, dorsals tri- or quadricarinate, not 

 spinose ; laterals smallest, smooth ; upper caudals equal, gradually 

 becoming smooth. The adpressed limbs overlap ; digits moderate. 

 Tail longer than head and body, compressed from the middle 



