392 



AG AMID JC. 



d. c?. 



e. $. 



f-g, h-i, kr-l. Hgr. 



m-o. Hgr. d* $ • 

 p-r, s-Uf V. Hgr. & yg. 

 w. $. 

 a^. Hgr. d. 



y- ?• 

 z. Hgr. 



a. c?. 



^. Yg. 



y. Hgr. c?. 



8-C- Yg. 



^- Yg. 



0, i, K-X. c? & hgr- 



fi. Ad., stuffed. 



V. Ad., stuifed. 



|. Skeleton. 



Cook River, near 



Sydney. 

 West Australia. 

 West Australia. 



Swan River. 



Swan River. 



H outman's Abrolhos . 



Houtman's Abrolhos, 



Nicol Bay, North- 

 west Australia. 



Champion Bay, 

 N.W. Australia. 



N.W. Australia. 



N.W. Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



G. Krefft, Esq. 



Q. F. Moore, Esq. [P.]. 



Capt. G. Grey [P.], 



Mr. Gilbert [CI. 

 J. Gould, Esq. rC], 

 Mr. Duboulay [C.J. 



Mr, Duboulay [0.]. 



Haslar Collection. 



G. Krefft, Esq. 

 Lord Derby [P.], 

 Capt. Stokes [C.J. 



A. Cunningham, Esq. [P.], 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



22. TYMPANOCRYPTIS. 



Tympanocryptis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 230, 



Tympanum hidden. Body depressed, covered above with hetero- 

 geneous scales. No dorsal crest. No gular sac ; a strong trans- 

 verse gular fold. Tail round. A prseanal pore on each side, 

 sometimes absent in the female ; no femoral pores. 



Australia. 



1. Tympanocryptis lineata. 



Tympanocryptis lineata, Peters, I. c. 



Habit very stout. Head short ; nostril nearer the eye than the 

 tip of the snout ; upper head-scales moderately large, verj- strongly 

 keeled, with slightly enlarged ones on the occiput. Dorsal scales 

 very strongly keeled, the enlarged ones nail-shaped, raised, not or 

 scarcely mucronate ; gular and ventral scales indistinctly keeled. 

 The adpressed hind limb reaches the shoulder or the neck. Tail 

 rather slender, covered with very strongly keeled scales, not more 

 than once and a half the length of head and body. Brownish above, 

 with regular darker transverse spots, and five interrupted longitu- 

 dinal light lines, three on the back and one on each side ; limbs 

 and tail with dark bars. 



Total length 122 millim. 



Head 15 „ 



Width of head 14 „ 



Body 43 „ 



