8. LTGOSOMA. 225 



Fore limb tridactyle ; hind limb xindi- 



vided 157. verrecmxii, p. 342. 



Both pairs of limbs undivided 158. iruncatum, p. 343. 



C. Limbs altogether absent ; ear co- 

 vered with scales 159. oiihioscincus, p. 343. 



1. Lygosoina lesueurii. 



Hinulia australis, Gray, Cat. p. 77, 

 Tiliqua australis, Grai/, Ann. N. II. ii. 1838, p. 291. 

 Lygosoma lesueurii, Jbum. i^- Bibr. v. p. 733. 



australe {non Gray), Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 231. 



schomburgkii, Peters, I. c. 



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



Lvgosoma (Iliuulia) pantherinum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, 



p. 89. 

 Hinulia spaldingi, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. W. ii. 1877, p. 63. 



Habit lacertiform, slender ; the distance betveeen the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half to twice in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse ; lorcal 

 region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a 

 single nasal ; no supranasal ; no postnasal ; rostral usually in 

 contact with the frontonasal ; latter broader than long ; prcefrontals 

 forming a median suture ; frontal as long as or a little longer than 

 the frontoparietals and parietals together, in contact with the three 

 anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries, first 

 largest; frontoparietals distinct, as long as or shorter than the 

 interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 two to four pairs of nuchals ; fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh 

 upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening oval, about 

 as large as the eye- opening, the anterior border with a fringe of 

 four or five lobules. 24 to 34 smooth scales round the body ; 

 dorsals, especially the two vertebral series, largest, laterals smallest. 

 Two large praeanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow 

 of the adpressed fore limb. Toes long and slender, compressed ; 

 subdigital lamellse feebly unicarinate, 22 to 26 under the fourth toe. 

 Tail over twice the length of head and body. Brown or olive 

 above, with a black, white-edged vertebral band, and a white, 

 black-edged dorso-lateral streak ; sides blackish, with regular series 

 of white spots ; a white streak from above axilla to groin. The 

 ground-colour of the back may be black, with the usual white 

 markings. Lower surfaces white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 275 Eore limb 24 



Head 16 Hind Hmb 40 



Width of head 10 Tail 190 



Body 69 



Australia. 

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