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to the doi'so-lateral band. A number of transverse wavy bands 

 are plainly marked across the back and proximal portion of the 

 tail, becoming broken up on the sides into lines and spots. The 

 upper surfaces of the limbs are variegated with irregular wavy 

 bands and spots. The lower surfaces are of a nearly uniform 

 greyish-white, the lamellae of the digits darker. 



In adult specimens of the dark markings the most persistent 

 are the two upper bands on the sides of the head and neck, and 

 the bands across the back. 



Distribution. — Victoria : A single half-grown male specimen 

 (with fourteen pra^anal pores) found by Dr. Dendy on the steam- 

 boat between Swan Hill and Mildura, which may have come on 

 board from either the Victorian or New South Wales bank of 

 the Murray. The species at all events reaches the borders of 

 Victoria. 



Range outside Victoria. — Houtman's Abrolhos, Champion Bay, 

 Peak Downs, islands of Torres Straits, Murray I., Sunday I. (Brit. 

 Mus.) ; Queensland (L. and F.). 



[Since writing the above, two specimens of this lizard have 

 been obtained from under the bark of a tree in the public park 

 at Echuca.] 



PYGOPODID^. 



Characters of the Family. 



External Form. 



Body elongate, snake-like. Tongue fleshy, papillose, elongate, 

 more or less feebly incised anteriorly, extensible. 



Tail long and fragile. 



Lijnbs extremely reduced ; no fore-limbs ; hind-limb visible 

 externally only as a scaly flap without distinct digits. 



Eye and Ear. — The eye rather small, with broadly elliptical, 

 vertical pupil, not protected by movable lids, usually with a 

 circular scaly rudimentary lid. The tympanum either exposed 

 or concealed under the scales. 



