LIZARDS. 65 



** Eyelid incomplete^ no scales between the eye and eyebrow above. 



Tlie Eyed Pete. Cryptoblepbarus lineo-ocellatus, Gray, in 

 Grey, Trav. in Austr. ii. 427. Zool. Erebus and Terror, Rept. t. 

 Ablepharus lineo-ocellatus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 817. 



Back grey or reddish, with 4 series of vvliite-edged black spots 

 and edged with a pale streak, and a black-edged white streak on 

 each side ; upper lip white ; eyelids circular, covered with small 

 equal scales, without any between the eye and superciliaiy plates ; 

 rostral plate small, very broad, 6-sided; frontal plate broader than 

 long ; ears moderate, suboval, with 2 or 3 denticulations in front; 

 head short. 



a — d. In spirits. Swan River. 



4. MORETHIA. 



Head pyramidical. Frontoparietal shields single. Nostrils 

 lateral, in a small shield, with a small supranasal above it, and a 

 smaller nasoloreal shield behind it; eyelid rudimentary, circular; 

 ears moderate, open, denticulated in front ; body fusiform ; scales 

 smooth ; legs 4, weak ; toes 5-5, unequal, rather compressed ; tail 

 roundish, tapering, acute ; preanal scales rather larger. 

 ^ This only diiiers from Cryptoblepharus in the nasal shields ; it 

 is as if the nasal shield of that genus was divided into three small 

 plates. 



The MoRETHiA. Morethia anomalus, Gray, Zool. Erebus 

 and Terror, t. 



Olive, bronzed, black-spotted ; eyelid, scales equal ; ears with 

 3 or 4 small denticulations in front. 



a. Adult, wants tail. W. Australia. From Mr. Gilbert's collec- 



tion. 



b. Young. Sides with a dark-edged white streak. W. Australia. 



From Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



5. Menetia. 



Head subquadrate. Muzzle rounded. Rostral plates mode- 

 rate. Nostril lateral, in an oblong nasal shield; supranasal none; 

 frontoparietal shield single, rhombic. Eyes moderate, the pupil 

 round. Eyelid rudimentary, circular. Ears small, covered with 

 the scales. Body elongate, fusiform, subcylindrical, rounded on 

 the sides. Scales smooth. Legs 4, weak. Toes 4-5, slender, ra- 

 ther compressed, unequal, clawed. Tail subcylindrical, tapering. 

 Australia. 



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