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part, granular below, with feeble claws. Head and body with 

 very small granule-like scales, without any tubercles; tail 

 rounded, slightly swollen, covered with rings of small square 

 plates. Snout pointed, peculiarly compressed ; labial shields 

 minute, front of upper jaw covered with a prominent, nail-like 

 shield. Tongue narrow, rather pointed in front, not notched. 

 Eye very large. Some larger shields, without pores, before 

 and behind the vent. 



41. Rkynchoedura ornata, sp. n. 



Greyish, each side with confluent black half-rings, a black 

 band across the occiput. Head and body with round, faint, 

 whitish spots. Lower parts white. 



Nicol Bay. 2^ inches long. 



42. Physignathus Lesueurii (Gray) . 



Istiurtis Lesueurii (D. & B.). 

 Amphibolurus heterurus (Ptrs.). 



Clarence River (Kreift). 



43. Chlamydosaurus Kingii (Gray). 

 Port Essington, Cape York, Nicol Bay. 



44. Lophognathus Gilherti (Gray). 

 Redtenbacheria fasciata, Steiiidaclmer, Reise d. Novara, Rept. p. 31. 

 Port Essington, Swan River, Champion Bay, Nicol Bay. 



45. Grammatophora reticulata (Gray). 

 Nicol Bay. 



46. Grammatophora maculata (D. & B.). 

 Nicol Bay, Champion Bay. 



47. Grammatophora macrolepis, sp. n. 



No larger scales scattered between the others ; all the scales 

 comparatively large, those on the back larger than the labial 

 shields ; body surrounded by fifty-four series of scales, of which 

 fourteen belong to the back. Scarcely a trace of a dorsal crest 

 is visible on the back. Hind limbs long, extending to the ear, 

 if laid forwards. Snout short, nostril midway between the end 

 of the snout and the angle of the ocular slit. A few small pro- 

 minent scales above and behind the tympanum. Yellowish-olive, 

 with some darker markings on the side of the body and tail. 

 Snout deep brown, interorbital space yellowish ; lateral fold of 

 the neck black. 



Adult female, 8 inches long, tail 7^ inches. 



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