BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 815 



posteriorly. Nearly uniform blackisli-bx-own above, the upper 

 angle of each dorsal scale black, forming in sequence longitudinal 

 lines ; beneath yellow. 



78 mm. 

 ... 110 

 ... 368 



a much larger size 



than E. major ; and, unlike its affine in structural characters, 



E striolata, inhabits the mountain scrubs in the neighbourhood of 



Brisbane, E. striolata affecting low grounds in the vicinity of 



water. 



Egernia rugosa. 



Head moderate ; a postnarial groove. Frontonasal in contact 

 with the rostral ; prefrontals foi'ming a long median suture ; 

 frontal twice as long as broad, much longer than the frontoparietal, 

 narrower than the second supraocular ; head-shields thick, rugose, 

 the hinder shields much subdivided ; four supi-aoculai'S, the upper 

 third of the third separated ; frontoparietals distinct, each obliquely 

 subdivided ; interparietal nearly as large as the frontal, partially 

 suljdivided transversely, with a broad posterior edge and conspicuous 

 ocellus ; parietals in four and six subdivisions, followed by an 

 irregular row of occipitals, and these by two pairs of enlarged 

 nuchals; three rows of temporals, the anterior lai'gest ; supra- 

 ciliaries five, the second largest, the first and second on one side 

 subdivided; four or five infraoculars, the first largest and breaking 

 joint with the fourth and fifth upper labials. Ear orifice as long 

 as the eyelids, much concealed by three rhomboidal lobules. Scales 

 thick, in 26 rows ; dorsals obtusely quadricarinate, the four median 

 rows subequal ; laterals much smaller than the ventrals, posterior 

 laterals obscurely pluricarinate. The adpressed limbs overlap ; 

 digits moderate. Tail cylindrical, considerably shorter than head 

 and body ; upper scales of the base keeled as the dorsals. Above 

 uniform brown, on the sides paler and varied with yellowish scales; 

 beneath yellowish, chin and throat with broad black spots. 



