66 REPTILES. 



The Menetia. Menetia Greyii, Gray, Zool. Erebus and Ter- 

 ror, Rept. t. 



Olive, bronzed, with a pale narrow streak, externall}' edged 

 with a very narrow black line. 



a — e. In spirits. W. Australia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 

 /. In spirits. W. Australia. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



6. MiCULIA. 



Head conical, Muzzle rounded ; rostral plate rather large, 

 with a straight edge behind. Nostrils lateral, in the middle of 2 

 transverse nasal scales edging the back of the rostral ; supernasal 

 none ; frontoparietal shield double. Eyes moderate, pupil round. 

 Eyelid rudimentary, circular, granular. Ears, none visible. Body 

 subcylindrical, rounded on the sides. Scales smooth. Legs 4, 

 weak. Toes 4-4, slender, rather compressed, simple, unequal, 

 clawed, the 2 middle front subequal, longest, the third hinder ve- 

 ry long. Tail cylindrical, tapering. Australia. 



The MicuLiA. Miculia elegans. Gray, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, t. 



Olive, with a dark streak on each side, with a narrow wljite 

 edge below ; beneath pale whitish ; tail brown-dotted ; eyelid in- 

 terrupted above. 



a-c. Adult, in spirits. W. Australia. From Mr. Gilbert's col- 

 lection. 



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b. Head wedge-shaped. Rostral rather produced. Australia. 



7. Lerista, Bell. 



Muzzle rather wedge-shaped. Rostral plate large, bent back 

 on the upper and lower part of the muzzle. Nostril lateral, in a 

 large nasal plate ; supranasal none. Eyelid rudimentary, circu- 

 lar, granular. Ears distinct, very small. Palate with a slight 

 triangular nick behind. Body fusiform, rounded above, flat be- 

 neath. Scales smooth. Tail conical. Legs 4. Toes 2-3, unequal, 

 clawed, subcylindrical, simple. Preanal plates 2. 



" The ear-hole is so small that it was overlooked by Mr. Bell.'' 



The Lerista. Lerista lineata, Bell, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1833, 99. 

 Zool. Journ. v. 393, t. 26, f. 2. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 335. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. V. 825. 



Greenish grey, with 2 black streaks. 



Inhab. New Holland. Mus. Bell. 



