** Eyelid incomplete, no scales between the eye and 

 eyebrow above. 



The Eyed Pete. Ciyptoblepharus lineo-ocellatus. 

 Plate 5, fig. 1. 



AblephariLs lineo-ocellatus, Diim. el Bib. v. E. G. 817. 



Cryptoblepharus lineo-ocellatus, Gray, in Greys Trav. 

 .4ust'r. ii. 427. Cat. Kept. B. M. 65. 



Back grey or reddish, with 4 series of white-edged black 

 spots, and edged with a pale streak, and a black-edged 

 white streak on each side. Upper lip white. Eyelid cir- 

 cular, covered with small equal scales, without any between 

 the eye and superciliary plates. Rostral plate small, very 

 broad, 6-sided. Frontal plate broader than long. Ears 

 moderate, suboval, with 2 or 3 denticulations in front. 

 Head short. 



Inhab. Swan River, W. Australia. 



MoRETHiA, Gray. 



Head pyvamidical. Frontoparietal shields rough. Nos- 

 tril lateral, in a small shield with a small supranasal above 

 it, and a smaller nasoloreal shield behind it. Eyelid rudi- 

 mentary, circular. Ears moderate, open, denticulated in 

 front. Body fusiform. Scales smooth. Legs 4, weak. 

 Toes 5-5, unequal, rather compressed. Tail roundish, ta- 

 pering, acute. Preanal scales rather larger. 



This only differs from Cryptoblepharus in the nasal 

 shields. It is as if the nasal shield of that genus was di- 

 vided into three small plates. 



The MoRETHiA. Morelhia anomalus. 

 Plate 5, fig. 2. 



Morpethia anomalus. Gray, Cat. Kept. B. M. 65. 



Olive bronzed, black-spotted; eyelid scales equal ; cars 

 with 3 or 4 small denticulations in front. 



The young have a dark-edged white streak on the sides. 



Inhab. Western Australia. 



Menetia, Gray. 



Head subquadrate. Muzzle rounded. Rostral plate 

 moderate. Nostril lateral, in an oblong nasal shield ; su- 

 j)ranasal none; frontoparietal shield single, rhombic. Eyes 

 moderate ; pu])il round. Eyelid rudimentary, circular. 

 Ears small, covered with the scales. Body elongate, fusi- 

 form, subcylindrical, rounded on the .sides. Scales smooth. 

 Legs 4, weak. Toes 4-5, slender, rather compressed, une- 

 qual, clawed. Tail cylindrical, tapering. 



The Menktia. Menetia Greyii. 

 Plate 5, fig. 3. 



Menetia Greyii, Gray, Cat. liept. B. M. 66. 



Olive bronzed, with a narrow streak externally edged 

 with a very nanow black line. 



Inhab. West Australia. 



I have dedicated this genus to Capt. George Grey, the 

 Governor of South Australia, who has exerted himself to 

 make us aciiuaiiited with the animals of the Australian 

 continunt. 



Miculia, Gray. 



Head conical. Muzzle rounded. Rostral plate rather 

 larger, with a straight edge behind. Nostrils lateral in the 

 middle of 2 transverse nasal scales, edging the back of the 

 rostral ; supemasal none ; frontoparietal shield double. 

 Eyes moderate; pupil round. Eyelids rudimentary, cir- 

 cular, granular. Ears none visible. Body subcylindrical, 

 roimded on the sides. Scales smooth. Legs 4, weak. 

 Toes 4-4, slender, rather compressed, simple, unequal, 

 clawed, the two middle front subequal, longest, the third 

 hinder very long. Tail cylindrical, tapering. 



The Miculia. Miculia elegans. 

 Plate 5, fig. 4. 

 Miculia elegans, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 66. 



Olive, with a dark streak on each side, with a narrow 

 white edge below ; beneath pale whitish ; tail brown-dot- 

 ted ; eyelid interrupted above. 



Inhab. Western Australia, Mr. Gilbert. 



b. Head ivedye-shaped. Rostral rather produced. 



Lerista, Bell. 



Muzzle rather wedge-shaped. Rostral plate large, bent 

 back on the upj)er and lower part of the muzzle. Nostril 

 lateral, in a large nasal plate; supranasal none. Eyelid 

 rudimentary, circular, granular. Ears distinct, very small. 

 Palate with a slight triangular nick behind. Scales smooth. 

 Tail conical. Legs 4. Toes 2-3, unequal, clawed, subcy- 

 lindrical, simple. Preanal plates 2. "The ear-hole is so 

 small that it was overlooked by Mr. Bell." 



The Lerista. Lerista lineata. 



Lerista lineata, Bell, Pr. Z. Soc. 1833, 99. Zool. Journ. 

 v. 393, /. 26, /: 2. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 335. Cat. Repl. 

 B. M. 66. Duvi. et Bib. E. G. v. 825. 



Greenish grey, with 2 black streaks. 



Inhab. New Holland. 



Only known from a single specimen in the collection of 

 Mr. Bell. 



Fam. PvGOPiD.E. 



Head pyramidical, shielded, short, with 2 or 3 pair of 

 narrow frontal shields, similar to and behind the nasal 

 shield, with 2 large vertebral shields. Nostrils oblong, in 

 a ring-like shield, in the lower angle of the band-like trans- 

 verse nasal, appearing in the suture between the outer an- 

 gle of the nasal, the front loreal shield and the lower labial 

 plates. Throat covered with small scales. Teeth conical 

 simple. Palate toothless, with a broad longitudinal groove. 

 Tongue flat, scaly in front, velvety behind, rounded and 

 nicked at the end. Ears distinct, exposed ; tympanum 

 sunk. Eyelid rudimentary, circular, immoveable, scaly. 

 Body cylindrical, elongate. Ventral shields broad behind, 

 in 2 or 4 series. Tail with 3 series of broader shields, the 

 central broadest. Limbs 2, posterior, rudimentary, undi- 

 vided, scaly, on the sides of the vent. 



