76 REPTILES. 



The Elegant Hinulia. Hiniilia elegans, Gray^ Zool. Ere- 

 hxis and Terror^ Rept. t. 



Pale brown, hack varied with hlack spots, more close forming- 

 an irregular broad dark streak on the upper part of each side ; be- 

 neath whitish ; chin varied with black ; lips and limbs blackish 

 vaiied ; nasal and frontonasal nearly contiguous ; ears ovate, open, 

 simple-edged. 



a. In spirits. New Holland. 



The Swan River Hinulia. Hinulia Greyii, Gmi/, Zool. 

 Erebus and Terror, Rept. t. 



Olive, black-varied, with a dark-edged yellow streak on each 

 side of the back, sides black-spotted, with a yellow streak below ; 

 legs brown-streaked ; lip-shields black-edged; ears oblong, smooth- 

 edged ; frontal triangular, elongate, frontonasal contiguous, fron- 

 toparietal and parietal small, similar ; body thick, fusiform. 



a. In spirits. Swan River. 



The Slender Hinulia. Hinulia tenuis. Tiliqua tenuis, 

 Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 71. Ann.N. H. ii. 291. Scincus Eruca- 

 tus, Peron, Mus. Paris. Lygosoma erucala, Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 V. 726. Keneux de Busseuil, Coct. Tab. 



Pale brown, varied, with an irregular edged brown streak on 

 each side ; scales in 8 series ; feet long, toes very slender; muz- 

 zle rather short; supi-aocular shields 4 ; ears round, open, simple- 

 edged ; nostrils lateral, nasal triangular, frontonasal nearly conti- 

 guous ; tail elongate, rather compressed. 



a. In spirits. Australia. 



b, c. Sides white-speckled. W. Australia, Swan River. From 



Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



Reeves's Hinulia. Hinulia Reevesii. Tiliqua Reevesii, 

 Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 292. Scinque a flanc noir, Quoy et Gaim. 

 Voy. Uran. t. 42, f. 1. Keneux de Quoy, Coct. Tab, Lygosoma 

 Quoyii, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 728. 



Pale olive, with a white-dotted dark streak on the upper part of 

 each side; head short; supraocular shields 5-5 ; ears ovate, open, 

 simple-edged ; nasals lateral, rhombic, nearly contiguous ; tail 

 slightly compressed. 



a, b. In spirits. China, Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



The Javan Hinulia. Hinulia sancta. Scincus sanctus, Bale, 

 MSS. Mus. Leyd. Lygosoma sancta, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 730. 



Greyish, with a rather darker band on each side; nasal small, 

 lateral ; ear round, open, simple-edged ; su])raocular shields b-d. 



Inhabits Java. Mus. Paris. A young specimen in a bad state, 

 probably the same as the former. 



