108 REPTILES, 



Peron's Heteropus. Heteropus Peronii, Dmn. et Bib. 



E. G. V. 760. 



Olive brown, a yellow- edgfed w^hite-spotted black streak on 

 each side ; lower eyelid transparent; scales of the neck 3-keeled, 

 of the back 2. keeled. 



Inhab. Isle of France, MM. Peron and Lesueur. Mus. Paris. 



** Supranasal shields 2, distinct. Scales 3- or o-keeled. Palate 

 toothed. Nasal oblong, icith the nostnl in its hinder end, and a 

 small nasoloreal behind it. 



39. Dasia, Gray. Euprepes, part, Dum. et Bib. 

 Psammites, part, Cocieau. 



Head 4-sided. Nasal small, lateral, rounded behind, square 

 in front, supranasal elongate, narrow, not contiguous, internasal 

 rhombic, frontonasal 5-sided, contiguous, frontal 6-sided, oblong, 

 frontoparietals 2, contiguous, interparietal distinct. Lower eyelid 

 covered with scales. Ear small, partly covered by the ends of the 

 temple-scales Body fusiform. Scales feebly keeled. Limbs 4, 

 strong. Toes 5-5, base dilated and flat beneath, end much com- 

 pressed and slightly arched, sharp-edged beneath, first and second 

 toes nearly equal, longest. Claws compressed. Tail round, ta- 

 pering. 



The Olive Dasia. Dasia olivacea. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 331. 

 Scincus Ernestii, Boiei, MSS. Mus. Leyden. Dum. et Bib. E. 

 G. V. 696. 



Olive ; back of the head-shields black ; back with 12 cross se- 

 ries of scales with a white central spot, and a black spot upon the 

 sides, the bands sometimes interrupted ; scales of the back 3 or 5 

 keeled, toothed behind, the 2 lateral keels close together ; hinder 

 part of the sides of body and tail with 2 broad white streaks ; the 

 chin and beneath green, not spotted. 



Inhab. Prince of Wales' Island. (Mus. Fort Pitt, Chatham). 

 Java, Mus. Paris, 1 specimen. 



40. TiLiQUA, Gi-ay. Euprepes, part, Wagler, Dum. et Bib. 



Head squarish. Nasal small, oblong, lateral. Nostril rather 

 large, subcentval cr posterior, frontonasal distinct, triangular, con- 

 tiguous in front, frontoparietal shields 2, contiguous, interparietal 

 triangular. Lower eyelid with a central longitudinal band of 4 

 or 5 square scales. Ears moderate, open, lobed in front. Body 

 fusiform, stout. Scales 3- or 5-keeled, Limbs 4, stout, rather 

 far apart. Toes 5-5. Palms slightly granular. Scales under the 

 toes smooth. Tail round, tapering, with 3 or 5 series of rather 

 wider scales beneath. 



