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*** Supernasal plates none. Body and tail elongate^ suh-:yUndrical. 

 Limbs 4, weak ^ far apart. Rostral erect ^ triangular. 



\ Toes elongate^ rather compressed., unequal. 

 8. Lygosoma, Gray. Lygosoma, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Head subquadrangular. Nasal lateral, nearly contiguous, su- 

 pranasal none. Rostral rounded, triang;ular, erect, frontoparietal 

 double (or single). Palate toothless, nicked behind. Ears oblong, 

 tympanum sunk. Lower eyelid scaly, with a transverse series of 

 larger scales. Chin with several pair of large shields. Body and 

 tail elongate, subcylindrical. vScales smooth. Limbs 4, weak, lar 

 apart. Toes 5-5, compressed, unequal. 



The Swan River Lygosoma. Lygosoma australis, Gray., 

 Ann. N. H. ii. 332. Zool. Erebus and Terror., Rept. t. 



Back golden brown, darker varied, with a broad pale golden 

 green streak down each side ; sides grey, closely black-dotted ; na- 

 sal lateral, triangular, nearly contiguous, frontonasal contiguous, 

 Jrontoparietal 2 ; ears simple, round, 



a. Adult, in spirits Back dark bro^Mi, with 3 series of black ob- 

 long longitudinal spots, beneath white. Swan River. From 

 Mr. Dring's collection. 



h. Half-grown, in spirits. Back pale brown, scarcely spotted, be- 

 neath white, with black edges to the scales. Swan River. 

 From Mr. Dring's collection. 



. Temminck's Lygosoma. Lygosoma (?) Temminckii, Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. V. 727. Scincus Cuvierii, Mus. Leyd. 



Dull chesnut, with a narrow black streak on each side, l)eneath 

 white ; chin and throat closely black spotted ; limbs short, weak ; 

 toes rather short, stout, subcylindrical ; tail conical ; supraocular 

 shields 4 ; ears large, circular, open, simple-edged ; nasal lateral, 

 intevnasal lozenge-shaped, strongly truncated in front, frontona- 

 sal nearly contiguous. 



Inhab. .^ Mus. Paris from Mus. Leyden, (1 specimen). 



Bougainville's Lygosoma. Lygosoma Bougainvillii, Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. v. 716. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 332. Scincus Bou- 

 gainvillii, Cocteau., MSS. 



Ears veiy small, simple, partly covered by the ends of the tem- 

 ple-scales above; preanal scales 2, very large; nasal plates large, 

 contiguous, internasal very large. 



Inhab. New Holland. Mus. Paris, (1 specimen). 



9. Ristella, Gray. 



Muzzle conical. Supranasal ? Ears distinct, subor- 



bicular, sunken. Lower eyelid ? Body and tail elon- 



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