228 



SCINCID^. 



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

 large prsoanals. The adprosscd limbs slightly overlap, or the hind 

 limb reaches the elbow. Toes long and slender, compressed ; sub- 

 digital lamella; feebly unicarinate, 20 to 2(5 under the fourth toe. 

 Tail about twice the length of head and body. Yellowish brown 

 above, with three broad black bands and four white streaks along 

 the back ; sides without any spots, with alternating black and 

 white longitudinal streaks ; altogether, eight white streaks on the 

 body, the two on each side broadest ; limbs with longitudinal black 

 lines ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. 



milliin. 



Fore limb 19 



Hind limb 33 



Tail 155 



G. Krefft,Esq. 



A. G. Butler, E.sq. [P.l. 

 C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. " 

 P. L. Selater, Esq. [P.]. 

 Lord Derby [P.]. 



Var. essingtonii. 



Hinulia essingtonii, Grai/, Cat. p. 78. 

 Tiliqua essingtonii, Grat/, Zool. Miscell. 184:2, p. 51. 

 Lygosoma (Hinulia) essingtonii, Peters Sf Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 "xiii. 1878, p. 345. 



The vertebral band is absent or indicated only on the nape, and 

 the sides of the head, neck, and body, instead of being regularly 

 striped, are light-spotted on a dark ground. In every other respect 

 this form does not differ from L. tceniolatum. 



North Australia. 



Mr. Gilbert [C.]. (T\-pe.) 

 Sir J. Richardson [P.j. 



5. Lygosoma fischeri. 



Hinulia muelleri, Fischer, Arch. f. Xat. 1882, p. 295, pi. xvi. 

 figs. 16-19. 



Distinguished from L. tceniolatum in having 30 scales round the 

 middle of tho body. Brownish yellow above, with a fine blackish 

 light-edged vertebral line, which is sometimes absent ; two or three 

 fine light longitudinal lines on each side, the interspaces between 

 them largely spotted with blackish. 



Nicol Bay, N.W. Australia. 



