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6. CiCLODiNA ^NEA.— Body rather long, protected by twenty-six longitudinal 

 series of scales. Snout short. Suborbital chain of plates complete: no labials 

 entering into the orbit. Auricular aperture small. Two middle preanal scales 

 larger than the rest. Limbs quite small. Golden green, back speckled with 

 black; a dark chesnut or blackish streak along the upper portion of the flanks, 

 obsoletely white lined above. Sides speckled with white and black. Under 

 surface of head and throat speckled with black; abdomen light yellowish, 

 unicolor. 



Locality. — New Zealand. 



HOMBRONIA, (nov. gen.) — Body subtetragonal and depressed, protected by 

 moderate and striated scales ; the two preanal ones larger than the rest. Head 

 depressed, subtriangular ; two parietal plates; an odd occipital, and two latero- 

 occipitals. Nostril in one plate ; no supranasals. Maxillary teeth subconical ; 

 palate toothless. Lower eyelid with a transparent disc. Auricular aperture sim- 

 ple ; tympanum, rather deeply seated. Limbs weak, far apart; five fingers and 

 five toes, unequal, with transverse, carinated plates beneath ; palms and soles 

 granular. Tail long, stoutish, subcylindrical, with subequal scales. 



4. HoMBRONiA UNDOSA. — Tweuty-cight longitudinal series of scales. Rostral 

 plate elevated, subconical; nasals and postfrontals separated. Transparent disc 

 of lower eyelid subcentral. Auricular aperture very small. Caudal scales much 

 larger than the dorsal and abdominal ones. Tail long. Brown, sides with 

 an obsolete, undulating streak of deep chestnut; beneath lighter, unicolor. 



Locality. — New Zealand. 



5. HoMBRONiA FASCioLARis. — Tweuty-six longitudinal scrics of scalcs. Rostral 

 plate low, hemi-discoid ; nasals wide apart ; postfrontals nearly contiguous- 

 Transparent disc of lower eyelid subcentral. Auditive aperture very large. 

 Caudal and dorsal scales subequal. Tail very long. Greenish olive; back 

 speckled ; upper part of sides with a dark streak ; lower part and belly lineo- 

 lated with greyish. 



Locality. — New Zealand. 



OLIGOSOMA, (nov. gen.) — Body subcylindrical, rather short, covered with 

 moderate and striated scales ; two middle dorsal series largest. Head subquad- 

 rangulo-pyramidal, depressed ; nostrils lateral ; no supranasal plates. Parie- 

 tals separated. Palate toothless. Lower eyelid with a transparent disc. Auricu- 

 lar aperture subdenticulated in front, or simple ; tympanum more or less sunk. 

 Limbs moderately developed ; five fingers and five toes, unequal; palms and soles 

 finely granular ; subdigital plates transverse, smooth. Tail long, subcylindrical 

 and tapering. 



Mocoa zelandica, Gray, is the type of this genus, to which also belongs Scincus 

 noctua, of Lesson. 



G. LiPiNiA VULCANIA. — Dorsal scales disposed upon thirty longitudinal series- 

 Prefrontal plates large, subquadrangular; postfrontals contiguous; supraoculars 

 quite large ; two slender, vertically elongated lorals. Temporal shields, scale- 

 like. Brown, with a lateral darker streak; beneath unicolor. 



Locality. — Caldera on Mindanoo. 19 



LYGOSOMELLA, (nov. gen.) — Body depressed, elongated, covered with 

 moderate and striated scales. Head subquadrangulo-pyramidal, depressed ; 

 nostrils lateral ; no supranasal plates ; parietals separated. Palate toothless. 

 Lower eyelid with a transparent disc. Auricular aperture denticulated in front ; 

 tympanum deeply seated. Limbs small, far apart; five fingers and five toes, 

 unequal : palms and soles finely tubercular ; subdigital plates transverse, smooth. 

 Tail moderate, subconical and tapering. 



7. Lygosomella y-ESTUOSA. — Body rather long, protected by thirty-six longi- 

 tudinal series of scales. Snout elongated ; fifth upper labial entering into the 

 orbit. Auricular aperture small, slightly denticulated in front. Preanal scales 

 subequal. Olivaceous brown, with a pale streak along the upper portion of the 



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