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12. Rhodona jmnctato-vittata, %^.\\. 



Nasals forming together a broadisli suture; upper labials six; 

 frontal triangular^ twice as large as the central occipital. Body 

 surrounded by seventeen longit. series of scales; eigbty-two 

 scales in a longit. series between the axils of the fore and 

 hind limbs. Two lai-ge prseanal scales. Ear-opening small, 

 covered with scales. Fore Hmb minute, tapering, terminating 

 in a straight minute claw, with scarcely an indication of a second 

 claw. Two toes behind, the outer more than twice as long as 

 the inner. Each scale on the upperside with a black dot, the 

 dots forming six or eight longit. lines. 



Queensland. 5 inches long. 



13. Anomalopus Verreauxii (Dum.). 



Brisbane, Clarence River, New South Wales. Specimens 

 from the last two localities through Mr. KrefFt. 



The eyelid is scaly, as observed by Prof. Peters in ' Monatsber. 

 Ak. Wiss. Berl.^ 1867, p. 34. All our specimens are distin- 

 guished by the light occipital cross band, which is pure white 

 in young examples, but only faintly marked in adults of twelve 

 inches in length. 



14. Hinulia fasciolata, sp. n. 



Ear-opening small, rounded, and not denticulated in front. Na- 

 sals separated by the prsefrontal, which is of a triangular shape. 

 Postoccipitals forming a suture together behind the central 

 occipital, which is a little smaller than the pra^occipitals. Body 

 surrounded by thirty-three longit. series of scales, the vertebral 

 scales being scarcely larger than the others; there are fifty 

 scales in a longit. series between the axils of the fore and hind 

 limbs. Subcaudal scales broad. Each series of scales on the 

 upperside of the tail with a low ridge. Six prseanal scales, the 

 central pair being much the largest. Limbs rather feeble; tail 

 of moderate length, but very thick. Body with narrow, black, 

 rather irregular cross bands, some of them obliquely descending 

 forwards. 



Eockhampton, Port Curtis. 8 inches long. 



15. Hinulia hranchialis, sp. n. 



Ear-opening small, rounded, and not denticulated in front. 

 Nasals forming together a suture ; the central occipital separating 

 entirely the postoccipitals. Body surrounded by twenty-four 

 longit. series of scales, of which the vertebral pair is broadest; 

 there are fifty scales in a longit. series between the axils of the 

 fore and hind limbs. Subcaudal scales broad. Four prseanal 

 scales, the central pair largest. Limbs rather feeble; tail of 



