The LiNEATED HiNULiA. Iliiiulia twniolala. 



Hiniilia tseniolata, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 78. 



Lacerta tajiiiolata, Shaw, White's Jour. N. H. t. 32,/. 1. 

 Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 68. Ann. N. H. ii. 289. Dum. ct 

 Bib. E. G. V. 734. 



Scincus undecim-striatus, Kuhl, Beytr. 129. 



S. octolineatus, Daud. Rept. iv. 285. 



S. muUilineatiis, Lesson, Voy. Coq. t. 3,/. 2. 



Keneux de Lesueur, Coat. Tab. 



Brown or black, with 6 white streaks, continued and 

 margining the shields of the head ; sides brown, with 2 

 white streaks ; tail pale, with 3 tapering streaks ; nasals 

 contiguous ; scales of the back in 4 series ; ears denticu- 

 lated in front ; frontonasal plates contiguous. 



Inhab. Australia. 



In the British Museum there is the specimen first de- 

 scribed by Dr. Shaw, which was brought by Capt. White. 



White's Hinulia. Hinulia Whitei. 

 Plate 11, fig. 1. 



Hinulia Whitei, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 79. 



Scincus Whitei, Lacep. Ann. Mas. iv. 192. 



S. ocellatus, and S. Lewisiensis, Peron, Miis. Paris. 



S. tseniolatus quadrilineatus, Merrem, Tent. 72. 



S. moniliger, Valenc. Mus. Par. 



Lygosoma moniligera, Dtim. et Bib. E. G. v. 736. 



Keneux de White, Coct. Tab. 



Tiliqua leucopsis. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 291. 



Pale olive, back with a central pale streak, and a regular 

 white-spotted black streak on each side ; sides white-spot- 

 ted; eyelid and ear-lobes white; lips black-varied; scales 

 of the back as long as broad, in 8 series ; nasal plates con- 

 tiguous ; ears strongly denticulated in front; frontonasal 

 plates contiguous. 



Inhab. Houtman's Abrolhos. 



Var. 1. Dorsal streaks each with 2 rows of linear white 

 specks. 



Inhab. Swan River. 



A stuffed specimen has a central reddish streak on the 

 back. 



The New Zealand Hinulia. Hinulia ornata. 

 Plate II, fig. 2. 



Hinulia ornata, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 77. 



Tiliqua ornata. Gray, Dieff. N. Z. ii. 202. 



Bright pale brown, varied with black and white spots ; 

 sides with an irregular narrow pale streak above ; scales 

 with short black streaks, some black on each side, white 

 in the centre ; ears moderate, roundish, simple-edged. 



Brown, with black and white spots. 



Brown, with 3 blackish streaks, sides blackish, edged 

 above and below with an irregular edged pale line. 



Inhab. N. Zealand. 



** Ears denticulated in front. 



t Scales moderate, in 4 series. 



Laijillakdiere's Hinulia. Hinulia Labillardieri. 

 Plate 11, fig. 3. 



Hinulia Labillardieri, Gra>i, Cat. Rept. B. M. 77. 



Keneux do I.abillardiere, Coct. Tab. 



Tiliqua Labillardieri, Gray, Ann. N. II. ii. 289. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. v. 734. 



Bronze green, speckled or lined with black ; sides black, 

 white-dotted, and with 2 white streaks; nasals rhombic, 

 large, nearly contiguous, frontonasal plates separate ; ears 

 ovate, slightly denticulated in front; scales of the back 

 large, in 4 series. 



Young, in spirits. Bronze green, with a scries of round 

 white spots in the black on the sides of the back. 



Inhab. W. Australia. 



The Australian Hinulia. Hinulia australis. 

 Plate 11, fig. 4. 



Hinulia australis. Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 78. 



Tiliqua australis. Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 291. 



Lygosoma Lesueurii, Bum. et Bib. E. G. v. 733. Gray, 

 Grey's Trav. Atistr. ii. 425. 



Pale brown, with a central white-edged brown streak ; 

 sides black, with a narrow white streak above, a series of 

 oblong white spots, as if formed of an interrupted streak, 

 and a rather wide indistinct pale streak below ; ears half- 

 ovate, with 4 strong teeth in front ; temple white, brown- 

 spotted ; scales of the back in 4 series. 



Var. I. Back pale, with a while-edged central streak. 

 Back with several white-edged streaks. 



Inhab. Houtman's Abrolhos. Mr. Goidd's collection. 



Var. 2. Back brown, without a streak. 



Inhab. W. Australia and Port Essington. 



Gilbert's Hinulia. Hinulia Essingtonii. 

 Plate 7, fig. 2. 



Hinulia Essingtonii, Gray, Cat. Rept. B. M. 78. 



Tiliqua Essingtonii, Gray, Zool. Misc. 51. 



Pale brown, nape with 3 indistinct black streaks, with a 

 very distinct narrow broadly black-edged silvery streak 

 fi-om the back angle of the eye to over the base of the tail, 

 and with a broader more indistinct streak from the front to 

 the hinder legs; sides of throat brown, white-spotted; chin, 

 under side of limbs and beneath, yellow ; tail elongate, 

 brown, with 2 narrow black streaks on each side ; limbs 

 brown, with 3 indistinct black-dotted fines ; ears large, 

 with 3 small scales on the front edge. 



Inhab. Port Essington, North coast of Australia. 



Like the preceding, but it has no white-edged central 

 streak, and the lateral streak has indications of a white 

 border to its upper edge. 



