LIZARDS. 83 



parietal and parietal nearly equal ; ears open, simple-edged ; pre- 

 anal plates nearly equal,* larger; disk of the lower eyelid very 

 large, oblong. 

 a — c. In spirits. New Zealand. Presented by Lieut. Alexander 



Smith, R.N. 

 d — h. In spirits. N. Zealand. Presented by the Admiralty, from 



the Antarctic Expedition. 



The Small-eared Moco. Mocoa microtis, Grai/, Zool. Ere- 

 bus and Terror^ Rept. t. 



Olive, with a narrow dark streak on each side of the back ; sides 

 black, with a subcentral broad pale streak ; nasal contiguous, iu- 

 ternasal triangular, outer angle truncated, frontonasal small, far 

 apart, frontal 5-sided ; ears small, partly covered with the scales 

 above ; lower eyelid disk large, oblong ; 2 central preanal plates 

 largest. 

 a. In spirits. Swan River, W. Australia. From Mr. Gilbert's 



collection. 



The Bronzed Moco. Mocoa cuprea. Ablepharus cuprens, 

 Gray^ Ann. N. H. ii. 335. A. Perouii, part, Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 814.' 



Golden green, mottled with brown (perhaps discoloured), with 

 a narrow pale sinuous streak on each side of the back ; nasal 

 nearly contiguous, frontonasal small, contiguous, frontal elongate 

 lozenge-shaped ; ears oblong, moderate ; head depressed ; lower 

 eyehd'disk large, oblong ; 2 central preanal plates lai;ger. 



a. In spirits. ? ? 



-f-j- Ears round, moderate, simple-edged, drum sunhen. African. 



The African Moco. Mocoa Africana. 



Brown, darker spotted (perhaps discoloured ?) ; lip and throat 

 brown-spotted, beneath silvery ; scales rather larger, nearly as long 

 as broad ; nasal oblong, lateral, separated by the 4-sided interna- 

 sal, frontonasal nearly contiguous, frontal elongate, rhombic, ra- 

 ther truncated in front ; tail short, tapering, with a central series 

 of broad shields beneath. 



a.- Young, in spirits. W. Africa. 



fW Ear circular, large, entirely exposed. American. 



The North American Moco. Mocoa lateralis. Scincus 

 lateralis, Say, Long^s Exped. R. N. ii. 324. Holb. N. A. Herp. i. 

 t. 8. Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 70. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 719. 

 S. unicolor, Harlan., J. Acad. N. S. Phil. v. 156. 



Olive, black-dotted, with a white-edged dark streak on each 

 side ; nasal nearly contiguous ; ears very large, circular, the edge 



