52 Dr. A. Gunther on Australian Reptiles and Fishes. 



48. Grammatophora Icevis, sp. n. 



Back with a median series and several irregular transverse 

 series of larger scales. None of the dorsal scales with a distinct 

 keel or spine ; scales of the limbs and tail distinctly, those of the 

 belly very faintly keeled. Head broad, high ; snout very short, 

 the nostril being midway between the end of the snout and the 

 angle of the ocular slit. Limbs of moderate length, hind limb ex- 

 tending nearly to the gular fold. Sides of the head and neck with 

 conical tubercle-like scales. Yellowish brown, with a series of 

 irregular large blackish-brown blotches along each side of the 

 back; sometimes the whole back reticulated with brown. 



Champion Bay. 7 inches long, tail 4 inches. 



49. Grammatophora temporalis, sp. n. 



No larger scales scattered between the others, those on the 

 back small, shorter than the labial shields ; a slight dorsal crest 

 runs from the nape to the end of the trunk. Hind limbs very 

 long, extending beyond the eye, if laid forwards. Nostril much 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the angle of the ocular 

 slit. A few prominent scales in the middle between the tym- 

 panum and the lateral fold of the neck. A white band along 

 the lips, below the tympanum to the lateral fold of the neck ; a 

 black band above it from the eye to the tympanum ; a white 

 streak above the black band, more or less distinctly continued 

 along the side of the anterior part of the trunk. Back with 

 more or less complete black cross bars, the anterior only being 

 distinct in adult examples. Tail more or less distinctly 

 annulated. 



Port Essington, Nicol Bay. The largest example is 13 inches 

 long, the tail being 9 inches. 



50. Grammatophora calotella. 

 Calotella australis, Steindachuer, Reise d. Novara, p. 28. 



Cape York. 



51. Tympanocryptis cephalus, sp. n. 



Body very stout ; head very short, high, and broad ; snout 

 extremely short, the nostril being nudway between the angle of 

 the ocular slit and the end of the snout ; hind limb extending 

 somewhat beyond the gular fold, if laid forwards. Head above 

 with keeled scales, larger than those on the back, those on the 

 occiput being particularly large. Back with numerous enlarged 

 spinous scales intermixed with the others; upper parts of the 

 limbs with large spinous imbricate scales. Body reddish olive, 

 with a brown collar ; blackish-brown bands across the limbs 

 and tail. 



Nicol Bay. Adult female 5 4 inches long, tail 3 inches. 



