82 REPTILES. 



ff f Scales of the back very small, in numerous series. 



Tlie Eyed Moco. Mocoa ocellata, Grai/, ZooL Erebus and 

 Terror, Kept. t. 



Olive, varied witli numerous sometimes confluent black dots, 

 foiming rings on the sides, beneath whitish ; scales very small, in 

 many series ; nasal rhombic lateral ; disk of lower eyelid large. 



« — c. In spirits. Australia. From Mr. Gould's collection. 

 d, e. In spirits. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



** Interparietal plates 2, separate. 



f Ear ovate, partly covered tvifh the scales above. Australia. 



Entrecasteaux's Moco. Mocoa Entrecasteanxii, Gray, 

 Zool. Erebus and Terror, Rept. t. Lvgosoma Entrecasteanxii, 

 Dmn. et Bib. E. G. v. 717? 



Olive, back with a broad blackish central streak, sometimes 

 with series of spots on the side, sides blackish, with 2 narrow white 

 streaks ; nasal plates small, nearly continuous ; temple covered 

 with large scales ; transparent disk of the lower eyelid very large; 

 ears moderately open, nearly circular, simple-edged ; preanal 

 scales nearly equal; frontoparietal plate double, frontonasal nearly 

 contiguous. 



a — -f. In spirits. Australia. From Mr. Gould's collection. 

 d — i. In spirits. Australia. Presented by the Lords of the Ad- 

 miralty, from the Antarctic Expedition. 

 j,k. Inspirits. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



The MoKo MoKO. Mocoa Zelandica, Gray, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, Rept. t. Tiliqua Zelandica, Grai/, JDieff. N. Z. ii. 202. 

 Tiliqua Moko, " Gray, 31SS.'' Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 718. 



Pale brown, bronzed, with 2 narrow black-edged bright streaks 

 on each side, the lower one continued down the front of the legs; 

 sides blackish ; the frontonasal nearly contiguous, the fronto-pa- 

 rietal separate, similar to the parietal, nasal nearly contiguous ; 

 ears moderate, nearly circular, simple-edged ; preanal scales near- 

 ly equal ; palpebral disk moderate. 



a. In spirits. Cook's Straits, N. Zealand. Presented by R. Owen, 



Esq. 



b. In spirits. New Zealand, Bay of Islands. Presented by the 

 Admiralty, from the Antarctic Expedition. 



Smith's Moco. Mocoa Smithii, Gray, Zool. Erebus and 

 Terror, Rept. t. 



Pale brown, with 3 indistinct scries of black spots and a pale 

 streak on each side ; sides black-varied, beneath whitish ; limbs 

 black-spotted ; nasal and frontonasal i;early contiguous, fronto- 



