84 REPTILES. 



simple, rounded ; frontal very long, narrow in front ; 2 iiiiddle 

 preanal scales largest; frontoparietal plate double; palpebral disk 

 moderate. 



a—e. In spirits. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



6, Leiolopisma, Dum. et Bib. Racbites, part, Coct. 



Head short, quadrangular. Rostral erect, triangular. Nos- 

 trils lateral. Nasal subtrigonal, nearly contiguous, supranasal 

 none, frontoparietal plate separate, interparietal large square. 

 Palate with a slight nick behind, armed with teeth. Lower eye- 

 lid with a transparent disk. Ear oblong, simj)le-edged, tympa- 

 num sunk deep. Chin with a large mental shield in front, with 

 a pair of rather larger behind, and with two series of small scales 

 below the lower labials. Body fusiform. Tail round tapering. 

 Scales smooth, in many series. Preanal scales moderate, rather 

 larger, the middle rather the largest. Limbs 4, strong. Toes 5-5, 

 compressed, unequal. Soles granular. Claws short, compressed. 



The Leiolopisma. Leiolopisma Bellii. Tiliqua Bellii, Grai/, 

 Griffith, A. K. ix. 70. Ann. N. H.292. Rachite de Telfair, Coct. 

 Tab. Scincus Telfairii, Desjardin, Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. 292, 1831. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 742. 



Pale brown, with irregular cross bands of brown-margined 

 pale scales ; sides brown-spotted. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Madagascar. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



b. Half-grown, in spirits. Madagascar. Olive, brown-varied. 



Presented by Dr. Johnson. 



7. LiPINIA. 



Head rather depressed. Muzzle depressed. Rostral rather 

 depressed, large, truncated behind, rounded in front. Supranasal 

 none, interparietal 2. Nostrils lateral, rather in front of the mid- 

 dle of an elongate 4-sided nasal. Tongue depressed, nicked. Eyes 

 moderate, pupil round. Eyelids short, edged with granules, the 

 lower with a transparent disk. Ears round, large, tympanum ra- 

 ther sunk. Body fusiform. Scales smooth. Legs 4, moderate, 

 slender. Toes 5-5, slender, simple, unequal, clawed. Tail elon- 

 gate, tapering. 



The LiPiNiA. Lipinia pulchella. 



Brown, whitish beneath, with a broad central white (yellow) 

 streak from the tip of the nose to the middle of the tail, edged on 

 each side by a broad dark brown streak ; legs brown-spolted. 



a. In spirits. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



