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on the sides, beneath yellowish white ; the upper labial plates 

 have each a large yellow spot about the middle ; scales on the 

 back in six series ; anterior toes short. 

 One specimen from Katow, 9 inches long. 



8. — HlNULIA PARDALIS. 



Moderately robust ; tail acutely pointed, and about the length 

 of the body ; nasal plates not contiguous and large, with the 

 nostril small and in the middle ; fronto-nasals not contiguous ; 

 interparietal small ; other plates as in the last species ; ear open- 

 ing small and oval without denticulations ; scales on the back in 

 four series ; colour, pale olive on the back with numerous black 

 spots, whitish on the sides, with very many black spots and 

 blotches, and yellowish white on the under surface. 



One specimen, about 7 inches long, from Barrow Island, N. E. 

 Australia. 



9. — Hinulia Spaldingi. 



Ear opening moderate and oval, with three large denticulations 

 in front ; nasal, rostral, and internasal plates touching, or nearly 

 so, at an acute point ; fronto-nasals contiguous for some distance ; 

 supraorbitals three on each side, the anterior plate very large 

 and triangular, its apex touching the fronto-nasal ; scales on the 

 back in four series; legs rather slender; hind toes elongate; two 

 large preanal scales ; tail very fine and tapering ; colour, above 

 pale olive brown, with three broad longitudinal black white-edged 

 stripes, one vertebral, the others lateral and marked with a line 

 of large white patches ; the under surface is white, with black 

 spots on the sides and labial plates ; the legs are light-coloured 

 with black stripes. 



A number of this species were obtained from the Endeavour 

 River. Like many of the genus it seems to vary much. Two of 

 the specimens before me are without the vertebral black stripe, 

 and the nasal plates are not contiguous. 



10. — MOCOA NIGRICAUDIS. 



Ear opening nearly round, without denticulation ; rostral plate 

 rounded above ; nasals not contiguous ; fronto-nasals nearly con- 

 tiguous ; supraorbitals four ; fronto-parietals two, of the same 



