LIZARDS. 105 



pressed, unequal, clawed. Tail short, conical, tapering, depress- 

 ed, with rings of large, broad, lozenge-shaped, dagger-pointed, 

 spinose scales, with a central series of very broad 6-sided smooth 

 scales beneath. 



The SiLUBOSAURE. Silubosaurns Stokesii, Gray, Stokes^ Trav. 

 Aust. t. 



Olive brown varied with black, with large white spots; shields 

 of the bead white, black-edged. 



a—c. Adult and young, in spirits. H. Abrolhos. From Mr. 



Gilbert's collection. 

 d — (J. Adult and young, in spirits. W. Australia. From Mr. 



Dring's collection. 

 h, i. Stuffed. W. Australia. From Mr. Leadbeater's collection. 



34. Egernia, Gray. 



Head quadrangular, rather tapering in front. Head-shields 

 convex, rugose. Nasal ovate, triangular, rather anterior, approx- 

 imate, supranasal none, rostral triangular, erect, internasal lozenge 

 shaped, as long as broad, frontonasal rhombic, lateral, separate, 

 frontal and interparietal moderate, elongate, frontoparietals 2, ra- 

 ther diverging, contiguous in front, parietal moderate, half ovate. 

 Temple shielded. Orbit without any scales between it and the 

 labial shields. Ears oblong, with 4 small scales in front. Body 

 fusiform. Scales of the back, sides and upper part of the limbs 

 broad 6-sided, with a large central keel ending in a spine, larger 

 on the loins, those of the nape 3- or 5-grooved, of the throat and 

 belly thin, broad, ovate, 6-sided. Legs 4, strong. Toes elongate, 

 compressed, unequal, clawed. Tail as long as the body, round, 

 tapering, with 6 series of broad, 6-sided, keeled, strongly-spined 

 scales, with a series of broad 6-sided smooth scales. 



Cux\NiNG ham's Egernia. Egeraia Cunninghami, Gray, 

 Ann. N. H. ii. 288. Stokes'' Trav. Austr. t. Tiliqua Cunning- 

 hami, Gray, Proc. Z. Soc. 1832, 40. 



Olive, white-spotted, head l)rown, chin and beneath white ; 

 ears with 3 or 4 pointed scales in front. 



a. Adult, stuffed. Australia, lat. 29. Presented by Allan Cun- 

 ningham, Esq., F.L.S. 



35. Tropidolepisma, Dum. et Bib. 



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

 ther rugose. Nasal ovate, trigonal, rather anterior, nostrils cen- 

 tral, with a curved groove behind them, supranasal none, rostral 

 triangular, internasal rhombic, as broad as long, frontonasal mo- 

 derate, nearly contiguous, frontal and interparietal elongate, the 

 former largest, frontoparietal contiguous in front, diverging be- 



