134 SCINCID^. 



1. EGERNIA. 



Egernia, Gray, A?m. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 288, and Cat. Liz. p. 105. 



Tropidolopisma, Dum. Sf Bibr. v. p. 744 ; Gray, Cat. p. 106. 



Himilia, part., Gray, Cat. p. 74. 



Silubosaui-us, Gray, I. c. p. 104. 



Lissolepis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 776. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the middle line of the palate. 

 Pterygoid teeth few or absent. Lateral teeth with compressed, 

 obtusely tricuspid crowns. Eyelids well developed, scaly. Tym- 

 panum distinct, deeply sunk. Nostril pierced in the nasal, which 

 may be divided by a vertical groove ; no supranasals ; praefrontals 

 wcil developed ; frontoparietals and interparietals distinct. Limbs 

 well developed, pentadactyle ; digits cylindrical or compressed, 

 with transverse lamellce inferiorly. 



Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Tail subcylindrical, longer than the body. 



A. Dorsal and caudal scales smooth. 



24 scales round the middle of the body . ... 1. luctuosa, p. 135. 

 32 to 40 scales round the body 2. ivhitii, p. 135. 



B. Dorsal and caudal scales pluricarinate, not spinose. 



26 to 28 scales round the middle of the 

 body ; frontal twice as long as broad, 

 much narrower than the second supra- 

 ocular ; 6 supraciliaries 3, dorsalis, p. 136. 



28 to 32 scales round the body ; frontal not 

 twice as long as broad, as broad as the 

 second supraocular; 10 to 12 supra- 

 ciliaries 4. major, p. 137. 



28 to 32 scales round the body ; frontal 

 not twice as long as broad ; 7 supra- 

 ciliaries ; fifth or sixth upper labial enter- 

 ing the orbit 5. striolata, p. 138. 



36 to 40 scales round the body 6. Jcingii, p. 138. 



C. Dorsal and caudal scales unicarinate, 



spinose 7. cimninr/Jiami, p. 139. 



II. Tail much depressed, shorter than the body, spinose. 



Frontonasal in contact with the rostral ; 



upper caudal scales unicuspid 8. stolesii, p. 140. 



Nasals in contact behind the rostral ; upper 



caudal scales tricuspid 9. de/pressa, p. l-^l. 



