Neiv Lizards from Western Australia. IT 



Colour (spirit specimen). — Brown above, lighter on the head, 

 which has three pairs of short black longitudinal streaks, one 

 from the nostril to the orbit, one from the orbit to the tympanum, 

 and one behind the supraorbital eminences. Apparently others 

 on the body and tail, under surfaces, throat and thorax light 

 brown, abdomen much darker, all lighter than the corresponding 

 dorsal surfaces. 



Dimensions. 



Total length - - - 247 mm. 



Head . . . . 29 ,, 



Width of head - - - 17.5 „ 



Body 68 „ 



Fore-limb - - - - 34 „ 



Hind-limb - - - - 50 ,, 



Tail ----- 150 „ 



Habitat. — Western Australia. Type in the National Museum. 



This species agrees with the generic definition of Diporophora 

 in the arrangement of its pores, but differs totally in habit. It 

 has the head almost of Fhysignathus, but in general habit 

 more closely resembles Amphibolurus. It is perhaps best at 

 present to avoid establishing a new genus, especially as we 

 have but a single specimen, but it may become necessaiy to do 

 so in the future. 



Hemiergis woodwardi, sp. n. 



Description. — Body much elongate; limbs very weak, with four 

 fingers, three toes; the distance between the tip of the snout and 

 fore-limb is contained twice in the distance between axilla and 

 groin; snout short, obtuse; lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disc; nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasals ;. 

 frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with the I'ostral,. 

 and a broader one with the frontal; praefrontals small; frontal 

 not larger than the interparietal, nor broader than the supra- 

 ocular region, in contact with first and second supraoculars; four 

 large supraoculars, the second largest; seven or eight supraciliaries; 

 frontoparietals distinct, as long as the interparietal ; parietals 

 larger, forming a suture behind the interparietal; two or three 



