278 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Eept., p. 47. Mocoa zealanclica (part), Giinth., Zool. 

 "Ereb." and "Terr." Eept., p. 13. Norbea isolata, Hut- 

 ton, T.N.Z.I., iv., 1872, p. 170. Lygosoma (Liolepisma) 

 smithii, Gray, Boulenger Cat., iii., p. 274. 

 " Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore-hmb is contained once and one-third to 

 once and three-fourths in the distance between the axilla and 

 groin. Snout moderate, obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid with 

 an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in a nasal, 

 which is often divided by an oblique suture ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal usually not much broader than long, forming a 

 suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield 

 as long as or longer than frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars, second largest ; six or seven supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, usually a little longer than the inter- 

 parietal ; parietals in contact behind the interparietal, bordered 

 by a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals ; usually two or 

 three pairs of nuchals behind the anterior pair ; fifth and sixth 

 upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening oval, about as large 

 as the transparent palpebral disk, without or with a few very 

 minute projecting lobules anteriorly. Thirty-six or thirty- 

 eight scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, and 

 frequently striated or feebly pluricarinate. Prseanal scales 

 not or scarcely enlarged. The adpressed limbs may overlap 

 or fail to meet. Digits moderately long, subcylindrical ; sub- 

 digital lamellae smooth, sixteen or twenty under the fourth 

 toe. Tail about as long as head and body. Brown or olive- 

 brown above, usually with small black spots and a more or 

 less distinct light dorso-lateral band, which is edged iuferiorly 

 by the dark-brown of the upper part of the sides ; flanks 

 paler, often with light dots ; lower surfaces yellowish or pale- 

 olive, throat usually variegated with blackish. Some speci- 

 mens almost entirely black. 



"Total length, 116mm.; head, 13mm.; width of head, 

 9mm.; body, 43mm.; fore-limb, 15mm.; hind-limb, 22mm.; 

 tail, 60mm." Boulenger. 



Distribution. — Both Islands, and Chatham Islands. Hut- 

 ton. 



Liolepisma seneum, Girard. 

 Cyclodina anea, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp., p. 236, 

 pi. xxvi.,figs. 9-16. Lygoso7na{Liole2)is7na) cBnem)i,Giv£iYd, 

 Boulenger Cat., iii., p. 275. Liolepisma micans, E. Werner, 

 Abh. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xlv., p. 15. 

 " The distance between the end of the snout and the fore- 

 limb is contained once and two-thirds to twice in the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Snout very short, obtuse. Lower 



