276 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Four supraoculars followed by a small fifth, and usually 

 eight supraciliaries ; sixth upper labial sometimes below the 

 eye, but more usually the seventh or eighth, not always the 

 same on the two sides in the same individual. Boulenger, in 

 above description, gives from forty to fifty scales round the 

 middle of the body. In all the specimens which v^e have 

 examined the number exceeds fifty, ranging from fifty-four to 

 sixty-six. The lamellae under the fourth toe, twenty-five to 

 twenty-nine. The disk usually not much larger than the 

 nostril. The under-surfaces of fingers and toes black. 



We have one specimen in which the frontonasal is divided 

 transversely, giving the appearance of an extra semioval 

 shield between the frontonasal and frontal. This would 

 seem to be an example similar to the one on which Hutton 

 founded his Mocoa laxa (I.e.). In another individual the 

 frontal is similarly divided longitudinally into two unequal 

 shields. 



Distribution. — South Island, among rocks. Hutton. 



Liolepisma moco, Dum. and Bibr. 

 Hinulia ornata, part. Gray, Cat., p. 77. Mocoa zelandica, 

 Gray, I.e., p. 82. Mocoa owenii, Gray, I.e., p. 272. Lygo- 

 soma moco, Dum. and Bibr. v., p. 718. Tiliq^ia zelandica, 

 Gray, in Dieffenb. New Zealand, ii., p. 202. Mocoa 

 zelandica. Gray, Zool. "Erebus" and "Terror," Eept., 

 p. 8, pi. vii., fig. 4; Hutton, T.N.Z.I., iv., 1872, p. 168. 

 Hinulia ornata. Gray, I.e., pi. xi., fig. 1. Oligosoma 

 zelandiemn, Girard, U.S. Exploring Exped., Herp., p. 246, 

 pi. xxvii., figs. 9-16. EupTcpes moco, Steindachner, " No- 

 vara," Eept., p. 47. Hinulia variegata, Buller, T.N.Z.I., 

 iii., 1871, p. 5, pi. ii., fig. 3. Mocoa striata, Buller, I.e., p. 6, 

 pi. ii., fig. 2. Mocoa zelandica, part, Giinther, Zool. 

 " Erebus" and " Terror," Eept., p. 13. Lygosoma (Liole- 

 pisma) moco, D. and B., Boulenger, Cat., iii., p. 272. 

 " Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore-limb is contained once and a half to once 

 and three-fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 

 parent disk. Nostril pierced in the centre of the nasal ; no 

 supranasal ; rostral nearly twice as broad as deep ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and 

 with the frontal ; latter shield a little shorter than the fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two 

 anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six 

 or seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, a little longer 

 than the interparietal ; parietals in contact behind the inter- 

 parietal, bordered by a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals ; 

 two to five pairs of nuchals ; usually fifth upper labial below the 



