8. LTGOSOMA. 229 



6. Lygosoma stranchii. (Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



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

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds 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 ; nasals in contact behind 

 the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad suture 

 with the frontal ; latter longer than frontoparietals and parietals 

 together, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries, first and last largest ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, shorter than the interparietal ; parietals forming a 

 suture behind the interparietal ; four pairs of nuchals ; fourth and 

 fifth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening oval, a little larger 

 than the eye-opening, with a few rather indistinct lobules anteriorly. 

 28 smooth scales round the body ; laterals smallest, the two ver- 

 tebral series largest. Two large prseanals. The hind limb reaches 

 the elbow. Toes long and slender, compressed ; subdigital lamellae 

 unicarinate, 22 under the fourth toe. Pale brown on the head and 

 a broad vertebral zone, black with pale brown and whitish spots on 

 the sides : a whitish streak from the supraciUary edge to the tail, 

 and another broader one from axilla to groin : a white streak from 

 below the nostril to above the ear ; limbs with black longitudinal 

 lines ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 123 Fore limb 13 



Head 10 Hind limb 22 



Width of head .... 6 Tail (reproduced) . . 78 



Body 35 



Queensland. 

 a. Hgr. Gayndah. Godeffroy Museum. 



7. Lygosoma labillardierii. 



Hinulia gi'eyii, G)-ai/, Cat. p. 76. 



labillai'dieri, Grai/, Cat. p. 77. 



Tiliqua labillardieri, Graij, Ann. K. H. ii. 1838, p. 289. 

 Lygosoma labillardieri, Dum. Sf Bihr. \. p. 731. 

 Hinulia gi'eyii, Gray, Zool. Ereb. S,- Terr., Hept. pi. x. fig. 3. 

 labillardieri, Giinth. Zool. Ereb. ^ Terr., Rept. p. 11. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds to once and 

 three fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 moderate, obtuse ; loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid 

 scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal, no post- 

 nasal ; frontonasal broader than long, narrowly in contact with the 

 rostral and broadly with the frontal ; latter shorter than fronto- 

 parietals and parietals together, in contact with the first and second 



