148 SCINCIDiE. 



5. Tiliqua adelaidensis. 



Cyclodus adelaidensis, Peters, Mun. Berl. Ac. 18G3, p. 232 ; Strauch, 

 Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. x. 18UG, p. 458. 



Snout rather pointed ; nasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

 frontal twice as long as frontoparietals ; three suj^raoculars, second 

 largest ; five supraciliaries ; interparietal as broad as pariotals ; 

 scales on the occiput not differentiated from the nuchals ; tempo- 

 rals subcqual ; car-opening iiot quite as large as the ej'e-opening, 

 with a single lobule. Scales smooth, 38 to 40 round the middle of 

 the body, ventrals largest. Fore limb slightly shorter than the 

 head, its length contained twice and three fourths in the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Tail a little shorter than the body, 

 feebly compressed. Pale greyish brown above, with irregular 

 darker spots : limbs and tail reddish ; belly whitish, with greyish 

 longitudinal lines between the series of scales. 



millim. millim. 



Totallength 117 Fore limb 16 



Head 18 Hind limb 16 



Width of head 12 ■ Tail 44 



Body 55 



South Australia (Adelaide), 

 a. Ilgr. ? S. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 



5. HEMISPH^RIODON. 



Hinulia, part., Gi-cn/, Cat. Liz. p. 74. 

 Hemispbseriodon, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 



Palatine bones in contact on the middle line of the palate. 

 Pterygoids toothless. Lateral teeth with rounded crowns, one on 

 each side of each jaw enormous, the others small. Eyelids well 

 developed, scaly. Tympanum distinct, deeply sunk. Xostril 

 pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasals ; an incomplete series of 

 suborbitals ; praefrontals well developed ; frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal distinct. Limbs rather short, pcntadattyle ; digits feebly 

 compressed, with undivided transverse lamella; iuferiorly. 



Queensland. 



1 . Hemisphseriodon gerrardii. 



Hinulia gerrardii, Gray, Cat. p. 7o. 

 Hinulia geiTardii, Gray, Zoal. Ereb. ^- Terr., Kept. pi. ix. 

 Hemisphferiodon gerrardii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 

 Hinulia picta, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, x. 1885, p. 65. 



Head large, distinct from neck ; snout obtuse. Frontonasal 

 broader than long, iu contact with the rostral ; praefrontals forming a 

 median suture ; three supraoculars, first smallest ; six supraciliaries ; 



