104 REPTILES. 



a. Adult, in spirits. N. Holland. Presented by Capt. White. 



L. scincoides, var. australis, Shaw, Brit. Mus. 

 h. Advilt, stuffed. New Holland. 



c. Adult, stuffed. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



d. Half-grown, paler, stuffed. Port Essington. From Mr. Gil- 

 bert's collection. 



e — h. Half-grown and young, stuffed, paler. V. D. Land. From 

 Mr. Ronald Gunn's collection. 



y, n. Very young, in spirits. V. D. Land. Presented by Dr. Ri- 

 chardson. 



The Black and Yellow Cyclodus. Cyclodus nigroluteus, 

 Waglei\ Syst. 162. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 781. Scincus nigrolu- 

 teus, Quoy, Voy. Uran. t.4\. Cuv. R. A. ii. 63. Gray^ Ann. N. H. 

 ii. 290. Keneux de 1' Uranie, Coct. Tab. Scincus erucotis, Pe- 

 ron, MSS. Mus. Paris, young. 



Black brown, with 2 rows of yellow spots on the back ; inter- 

 nasal plate as long as broad, frontal short ; the temporal shields 

 moderate, rather narrow, equal-sized. 



Var. 1. Blackish. 



a. Adult, stuffed. Australia. 



b. Half-grown, stuffed. Australia. 



i,j. In spirits. H. Abrolhos. From Mr. Gilbert's collection. 



k, I. In spirits. Frontoparietal shields 4 (2 pair), small. Austra- 

 lia. Presented by the Admiralty, from the Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion. 



m. In spirits. Frontoparietal shields 2, large. Australia. Pre- 

 sented by the Admiralty, from the Antarctic Expedition. 



Var. 2. Paler, dark marbled, very like the young of C. yigas, 

 but with small nearly equal-sized temporal scales. 



c — e. Half-grown, stuffed. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. R. 

 Gunn's collection. 



/ — h. Half-grown, stuffed. Australia. 



33. SiLUBOSAURUS. 



Head subquadrangular, rounded in front. Head-shields flat, 

 thin, rather rugose. Nasal ovate, triangular, rather anterior, with a 

 groove behind the nostril. Rostral triangular, erect. Supranasal 

 none, internasal broad, frontonasal large, contiguous, frontal and 

 interparietal small, frontoparietal and parietals moderate. Eye- 

 brow shields 4-4. Temple scaly, no shield between the orbits and 

 labial plates. Eyes rather small, lower lid scaly. Ears oblong, 

 with 2 large scales in front. Body fusiform, roundish, thick. 

 Scales of the back broad, lozenge-shaped, keeled, keel ending in a 

 dagger-point, largest on the hinder parts of the throat and belly, 

 transverse, ovate, 6-sided. Limbs 4, strong. Toes elongate, com- 



