TJie Lizards indigenous to Victoria. 57 



Limb-arches. — Pectoral and pelvic arches constantly present. 

 Clavicle dilated and usually perforated proximally ; interclavicle 

 cruciform. Ossified abdominal ribs are absent. 



Mode of reproduction. 

 Oviparous or viviparous ; eggs oval, shell membranous, flexible. 



Egernia, Gray. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the middle line of the palate. 

 Pterygoid teeth few or absent. Lateral teeth with compressed 

 obtusely tricuspid crowns. Eyelids well developed, scaly. 

 Tympanum distinct, deeply sunk. Nostril pierced in the nasal 

 which may be divided by a vertical groove; no supranasals; pr?e- 

 frontals well developed; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct. 

 Limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; digits cylindrical or com- 

 pressed, with transverse lamellye inferiorly. 



This genus, which is confined to Australia, is represented by 

 nine species, three of which occur in Victoria. 



Egernia whitii, Lacep. 



Hinulia ivhitei, Gray, Cat., p. 79 ; McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vic, 

 pi. 191. 



Scincus whitii, Lacep., Ann. Mus., iv., p. 192 ; Quoy and 

 Gaim., Voy. Uranie, Zool., pi. xlii., figs. 2 and 3. 



Tiiiqua leucopsis, Gray, Ann. N. H., ii., 1838, p. 29 L 



Lygosoma molinigera, Dum. and Bibr. v., p. 736. 



Lygosoina whitei, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1863, p. 230. 



Eiiprepes ivhitei, Steindachn, Novara, Rept., p. 49. 



Description. — "Head moderate. Curved groove behind the 

 nostril absent or feebly marked ; a vertical suture below the 

 nostril ; frontonasal in contact with the rostral and frequently 

 also with the frontal ; prefrontals sometimes forming a median 

 suture ; frontal not twice as long as broad, as long as or a little 

 longer than the frontoparietal ; four or five supraoculars, second 

 largest ; eight or ten supracilliaries ; fifth and sixth, or sixth and 

 seventh upper labials below the eye ; three large temporals ; one 

 or two pairs of nuchals. Ear-opening nearly as large as the eye- 

 opening, with three or four obtuse lobules anteriorly. Scales 



