7'wo new Species of AhlephsiYus. 343 



brown, but microscopically each scale is seen to be golden 

 brown, with near the middle of its posterior edge an irregular 

 black spot. Inferiorlj yellowish grey below head and neck, 

 bluish grey in abdominal region ; under surface of tail dark 

 grey, each scale having some irregular brownish spots. 



millim. 



Total length 66-5 



Head 5 



Width of head 35 



Body 24 



Fore limb 6 



Hind limb .....; 9-5 



Tail 37-5 



Loc. Muldiva, North Queensland. 



Ablepharus ornatus^ sp. n. 



Body elongate, subcylindrical. Snout short and pointed ; 

 the facial region considerably deflected from the plane of the 

 parietal. Eye entirely surrounded by uniform granules, about 

 19 in all. Rostral in contact with the fronto-nasal by a very 

 short suture. No supra-nasals. Fronto-nasal small, about 

 equal to the prsefrontals, which meet with an oblique suture. 

 Frontal moderate, in contact with first supraciliary and with 

 first supraocular. Three supraoculai-s, the first larger than 

 the other two together ; the large first supraoculars of each 

 side approach each other so closely in the middle line as in 

 one specimen to be practically in contact between the frontal 

 and the froiito-parietal. Six supraciliaries, the first the 

 largest. Fronto-parietals fused, rather shorter than the 

 frontal. Interparietal distinct, about equal in size to the 

 fronto-nasal. One or two pairs of very slightly enlarged 

 nuchals. Three upper labials in front of the subocular, the 

 first small. Ear-opening moderate, oblique, oval, without 

 lobules. 26-28 scales round the body, dorsals enlarged, 

 lower lateral scales small. One pair of enlarged prgeanals. 

 Both limbs pentadactyle, hind limb when adpressed reaches 

 wrist of fore limb. Tail about one and a half times the 

 length of head and body. 



All the dorsal region light fawn-coloured, uniform or with 

 a few very small irregular dark spots ; upper surface of the 

 head with a faint golden lustre. Along the upper third of 

 each lateral region passes a dark brown interrupted strip 

 broken into small irregular squares by alternating fawn- 

 coloured squares j the little dark squares are for the most part 

 united by a fine dark line along their lower sides. This dark 



