Four nexo Australian Lizards. 2'-}3 



Steindnchneri, Blgr., and Ceramodactylus damreus, Lucas and 

 Frost, the latter probably bearing no real affinity to the genus 

 to which it has been referred. 



Egernia Dahlii. 



Head short. A strong curved groove behind the nostril ; 

 nasal divided below the nostril ; frontonasal broader than 

 long, forming a broad suture with the rostral ; prajfrontals 

 forming a median suture ; frontal about once and a half as 

 long as broad, a little longer than the interparietal ; five 

 supraoculars, second largest ; eight or nine supraciliaries ; 

 sixth and seventh upper labials below the eye ; three large 

 temporals and a pair of large nuchals. Ear-opening as large 

 as the eye-opening, with five or six short obtuse lobules 

 anteriorly. 46 scales round the middle of the body, smooth, 

 or dorsals faintly striated, laterals smallest, ventrals a little 

 smaller than dorsals. The adpressed limbs just meet. 

 Digits short. Tail compi'essed, tapering to a fine point, a 

 little longer than head and body. Uniform pale reddish 

 brown above, grey on the sides, white beneath. 



millim. 



Total length 440 



Head 38 



Width of head 32 



Body 172 



Fore limb 52 



Hind limb 66 



Tail 230 



Two specimens. 



In its large size and stout form this species resembles 

 E. dorsalis^ Ptrs., and E. major, Gray, from both of which it 

 is easily distinguished by its smaller scales and smaller ear- 

 lobules. The large size and shorter head distinguish it from 

 E. Wkititj Lac^p. 



Lygosoma ocellatum. 



Section Hinulia. The distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse ; 

 loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in a semidivided nasal ; no supranasal ; no postnasal ; 

 rostral widely separated from the trontonasal, which is broader 

 than long ; prsefrentals in contact with their inner angles ; 

 frontal a little longer than the frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; four 

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