80 REPTILES. 



Olive, black-spotterl, with a pale streak on each side, (it and 

 the spot becomins^ obliterated with age), beneath silveiy ; inter- 

 nasal as long as broad, siibtrigonal ; frontonasal contiguous. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Uniform pale greenish. Molucca. From 



the Leyden Museum. 



b, c. Younger, in spirits. Olive, black-spotted, with a pale streak 



on each side of back. Molucca. From the Leyden Museum. 

 d. Adult, in spirits. Green, black-spotted. Philippines. From 

 Mr. Cuming's collection. 



4. Elania. Lygosoma, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Head small, slender, conical. Rostral plate bent back on the 

 muzzle. Frontal plate very large, rhombic, broader than long, 

 soldered in front to the internasal. Nasal large, nearly contigu- 

 ous, supranasal none, frontonasal separate, lateral. Eyebrow with 

 o plates. Frontoparietal 2. Ears very small. Body fusiform, 

 large in the middle. Scales moderate, smooth. Limbs strong. 

 Tail very long and gradually tapering. The 2 middle preanal 

 shields largest. 



The Elania. Elania Mullen. Scincus Mulleri, Schlegel^ 

 Abh. Amph. 13, t. 3. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 740. 



Eeddish, with cross series of black spots ; end of the muzzle, 

 chin and lips black, beneath yellow ; sides with a yellow-edged 

 brown streak ; limbs black, with a longitudinal yellow streak ; a 

 spot under the eyes and streak on side of neck black, 



Inhab. New Guinea. Mus. Leyden. 



b. Supranasal plate none. Body fusiform. Lower eyelid with a 



transparent disk. 



5. Mocoa. Lygosoma, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Head subquadrangiilar. Rostral erect, triangular, convex. 

 Nasal lateral, nearly conuguous, supranasal none, frontoparietal 

 separate or uniled into one. Palate toothless, nicked behind. 

 Ears oblong, slightly denticulated in front, tympanum deep. 

 Lower eyelid with a central transparent disk. Chin with several 

 pairs of large shields. Body fusiform. Scales smooth, with 3 or 

 4 black streaks. Limbs 4, strong. Toes .5-5, compressed, une- 

 qual. Tail round, tapering, unarmed. Central preanal scales 

 rather larger than the others. 



* Frontoparietal plate single, lozenge-shaped. 

 f Seales of the back moderate, in 6 series. 



Guichenot's Moco. Mocoa Guichenoti, Gray, Zool. Erebus 

 and Terror, Rept. t. Lygosoma Guichenoti, Dum. et Bib. E. 



G. v. 713. Gray, in Grey, Austr. ii. 425. 



Bronze green, with blackish streak on each side; scales of the 

 back moderate ; frontoparietal plate single, larger, elongate, lo- 



