1. EGERNIA. 



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1. Egernia luctuosa. 



Cyclodus (Omolepida) luctuosus, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 18G6, p. 90 

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



Head moderate. No curved groove behind the nostril, but a short 

 suture below the latter ; nasals usually in contact behind the rostral ; 

 pra;frontals forming a median suture ; frontal nearly twice as long as 

 broad, a little longer than tlie interparietal ; four or live supraoculars, 

 second largest ; seven to nine supraciliaries ; fifth and sixth, or sixth 

 and seventh up[)er labials below the eye, from which they are sepa- 

 rated by a series of small scales ; three largo temjjorals ; three or 

 four pairs of nuchals. Ear-opening as large as or a little smaller 

 than the eye-opening, with two small pointed lobules anteriorly. 

 Scales suhequal, smooth, dorsals feebly striated, 24 round the middle 

 of the body. The adpresscd limbs meet or slightly overlap. Digits 

 moderately elongate. Tail cylindrical, once and a half to once and 

 three fourths the length of head and body ; caudal scales smooth. 

 Yellowish olive above, largely spotted with black, or black varie- 

 gated with yellow : tail with longitudinal black bands ; lower sur- 

 faces yellowish, uniform or spotted with black. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 342 Fore limb 32 



Head 28 Hind limb 45 



Width of head 19 Tail 220 



Body 94 



Australia. 



a. Ad. W. Australia. Hr. Darnel [C.]. 



b-c. Ad. S. Australia. Dr. Fletcher [P.]. 



d. Ad. Sydney. G. Ki-etft, Esq. [P.J. 



e. Ad. Australia. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 



2. Egernia whitii. 



HinuUa whitei, Gray, Cat, p. 79. 

 Scincus whitii, Lacep. Ann. Mus. iv. p. 192; Quoi/ 4" Gaim. Voy. 



Uranie, Zool. pi. xlii. hgs. 2 & 3. 

 Tiliqua leucopsis, Gi-ay, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 291. 

 Lygosoma moliuigera, Dwn. ^- Bilr. v. p. 736. 



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



Euprepes whitei, Steindachn. Novara, Rept. p. 49. 



Head moderate. Curved groove behind the nostril absent oi 

 feebly marked ; a vertical suture below the nostril ; frontonasal in 

 contact with the rostral and frequently also with the frontal ; prte- 

 frontals sometimes forming a median suture ; frontal not twice as 

 long as broad, as long as or a little longer than the frontoparietal ; 

 four or five supraoculars, second largest ; eight to ten supraciliaries ; 

 fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh upper labials below the eye ; 



Type examined, 



