Brownish grey, very minutely black-dotted, beneath 

 darker brownish grey, the two colours separated by a very 

 narrow brown edge and a distinct white line; side of the 

 head and neck dark chocolate brown, edged above with a 

 very narrow, and beneath by a broader white band ; front 

 upper and side lower labial plates white, the rest dark 

 brown. 



Inhab. North Coast of New Holland, Port Essington. 



The body is much thicker and shorter than in either of 

 the other species ; the tail is reproduced, so that it is not 

 possible to refer to its comparative length. 



I have seen, but cannot procure to examine, what ap- 

 peared to be a fourth species of this genus, from Australia, 

 with a larger head. 



B. Eyes dislinct, eyelids dis/iiict, valvular. Head conical. 



Fam. SciNCiD.'E. 



Head subquadrangular, regidarly shielded. Rostral 

 plate moderate, erect, sometimes rather produced and 

 transversely keeled. Nostrils lateral in a more or less large 

 nasal shield, with sometimes a su])ranasal over it, between 

 the nasal and internasal. Body fusiform aud subcyhndri- 

 cal. Tail cylindrical or tapering. Scales smooth, keeled, 

 or striated. Limbs 4, more or less strong, sometimes want- 

 ing, or rather hidden under the skin. Femoral pores none. 



1. Scales thin, smooth, not striated nor keeled, unarmed. 



Nasal flat, smooth, without any lunate groove behind 



the nostril. Tail round, tapering, tinarmed. 

 B. Toes compressed, simple. Head subquadrangular. 



Rostral erect, triangular. Nostril in the middle of 



the nasal shield. Lygosomina. 

 a. Supranasal plate none. Body fusiform . Lower eyelid 

 covered with scales. Frontoparietal separate. 



HiNDLiA, Gray. 

 Lygosoma, part, Dum. et Bib. Le Keneux, part, Cocteau. 



Frontal plate oblong. Rostral erect, triangular. Palate 

 toothless, with a deep triangular notch in front. Body fu- 

 siform. Scales smooth, thin ; the 2 central preanal scales 

 larger than the rest. Tail tapering, roundish. Legs mo- 

 derate. Toes 5-5, slender, compressed. Heel of the hind 

 feet suiTounded with granules. 



* Ears simple in front, roundish. 

 Geruard's Hinulia. Hinulia Gerrardii. 

 Plate 9. 

 Hinulia Gerrardii, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 75. 

 Silvery grey (when dry), with a broad irregular brown 

 band across the back of the neck, with a streak to the 

 occiput, and a broader one to each fore leg; body with 6, 

 tail with 12 or 14 broad crescent-like cross brown bands, 

 which are spotted with grey when they cross the side ; 

 limbs with brownish streaks ; head brown above, head- 

 shields black-edged, with a brown streak on the temple, 

 towards the ear ; chin white, brown-lined, belly brown- 

 spotted ; ear open, simple in front, partly covered by the 



temple-scales ; supraocular plates 3-3, nasal nearly conti- 

 guous, frontoi^arietal contiguous. Length 14 inches. 

 Inhab. Australia. 



The Elegant Hinulia. Hinulia elegans. 

 Plate 10, fig. 1. 

 Hinulia elegans. Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 75. 

 Pale brown, back varied with black spots, more close, 

 forming an irregular broad dark streak on the upper part 

 of each side, beneath whitish ; chin varied with black ; 

 lips and limbs blackish varied; nasal and frontonasal near- 

 ly contiguous ; ears ovate, open, simple-edged. 

 Inhab. New Holland. 



The Swan River Hinulia. Hinulia Greyii. 

 Plate 10, fig. 2. 



Hinulia Greyii, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 75. 



Olive, black-varied, with a dark-edged yellow streak on 

 each side of the back ; sides black-spotted, with a yellow 

 streak below; legs brown-streaked; lip-shields black- 

 edged ; ears oblong, smooth-edged ; frontal triangular, 

 elongate, frontonasal contiguous, frontoparietal and pa- 

 rietal small, similar ; body thick, fusiform. 



Inhab. Swan River. 



Named in honour of Capt. George Grey, the Governor 

 of South Australia, who discovered the species. 



The Slender Hinulia. Hinulia tenuis. 

 Plate 10, fig. 3. 



Tiliqua tenuis, Gray, Griffith, A. K. ii. 71. Ann. N. H. 

 ii. 291. 



Scincus erucatus, Peron, Mus. Paris. 



Lygosoma erucata, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 726. 



Keneux de Busseuil, Coct. Tab. 



Hinulia tenuis. Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 76. 



Pale brown, varied, with an irregulai'-edged brown streak 

 on each side ; scales in 8 series ; feet long, toes very 

 slender ; muzzle rather short ; supraocular shields 4 ; ears 

 round, open, simple-edged ; nostrils lateral, nasal triangu- 

 lar, frontonasal nearly contiguous; tail elongate, rather 

 compressed. 



Var. with sides white-speckled. 

 Inhab. W. Australia, Swan River. 



The Bronzed Hinulia. Hinulia inornata. 

 Plate 10, fig. 4. 

 llimdia inornata, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 76. 



Pale nearly uniform brown bronze above, back wdth a 

 rather nairow bright yellow rather darker-edged streak on 

 each side ; the sides pale, with an indistinct yellow streak 

 on the lower part of each, both streaks extending along the 

 side of the tail ; chin and beneath whitish, with rather 

 darker edges to the sides ; ears oblong, with 4 or 5 small 

 compressed yellow scales in front. 



Inhab. Swan River. 



