78 REPTILES. 



Gilbert's Hinulia. Hinulia Essingtonii, Gray, Zool. Ere- 

 bus and Terror, Rept. t. Tiliqua Essingtonii, Gray, Zool. 

 Misc. 51. 



Pale brown, nape with 3 indistinct black streaks, with a very 

 distinct narrow broadly black-edged silvery streak from the back 

 angle of the eye to over the base of the tail, and with a broader 

 more indistinct streak from the front to the hinder legs ; sides of 

 throat brown, white-spotted ; chin, under side of limbs and be- 

 neath yellow; tail elongate, brown, with 2 narrow black streaks 

 on each side; limbs brown, with 3 indistinct black-dotted lines; 

 ears large, with 3 small scales on the front edge. 



a. Young? inspirits. Port Essington, North coast of Australia. 

 From Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



Like the preceding, but it has no white-edged central streak, 

 and the lateral streak has indications of a white border to its up- 

 per edge. 



The Bronzed Hinulia. Hinulia inornata. Gray, Zool. Ere- 

 bus and Terror, Rept. t. 



Pale nearly uniform brown bronze above, back with a rather 

 narrow bright yellow rather darker edged streak on each side ; the 

 sides pale, with an indistinct yellow streak on the lower part of 

 each, both streaks extending along the side of the tail ; chin and 

 beneath whitish, with rather darker edges to the sides ; ears ob- 

 long, with 4 or 5 small compressed yellow scales in front. 



a. In spirits. Swan River. 



The LiNEATED Hinulia. Hinulia tasniolata. Lacerta tfeni- 

 olata, Shaiv. White, Jour. N. H t. 32, f. 1. Gray, Griffith, A. K. 

 ix. 68. Ann. N. H. ii. 289. Dum. et Bih. E. G. V. 734. Scincus 

 undecira-striatus, Kuhl, Beytr. 129. S. octolineatus, Daud. Rept. 

 iv. 285. S. multilineatus. Lesson, Voy. Coq. t. 3,/. 2. Keneux 

 de Lesueur, Coct. Tab. 



Brown or black, with 6 white streaks, continued and margin- 

 ing the shields of the head ; sides brown, with 2 white streaks ; 

 tail pale, with 3 tapering streaks ; nasals contiguous ; scales of the 

 back in 4 series ; ears denticulated in front ; frontonasal plates 

 contiguous. 



a. In spirits, rather bleached. Australia. Presented by Capt. J. 



White. The specimen described by Dr. Shaw. 

 &, c. In spirits. Australia. 

 d, e. In spirits. N. Holland. 

 /. Inspirits. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



