280 SCTNCID^. 



supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest : eight supraciliaries, 

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

 interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 three or four pairs of nuchals ; sixth and seventh, or fifth and sixth, 

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

 as largo as the eye-opening, with three or four pointed lobules 

 anteriorly. 2G or 28 smooth scales round the body, laterals 

 smallest, the two vertebral series largest. Two large praeanals. 

 The hind limb usually reaches the wrist or the elbow. Toes long, 

 compressed ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 22 to 24 under the fourth 

 toe. Tail not twice as long as head and body. Olive-brown above, 

 sides black, white -dotted ; a whitish dorso-lateral streak, beginning 

 from the supraciliary border ; another undulated whitish streak on 

 each side, from ear to groin ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 145 Fore limb 16 



Head 12 Hind limb 23 



Width of head 8 Tail 92 



Body 41 



Western Australia. 



a. Ad. King George's Sound. 



b-c. Ad. & hgr. Albany. _ " H. Ling Roth, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. Swan River. (Type of Himdia greyii.) 



e. Ad. Swan River. 



f. Hgr. Australia. G. Ki-efFt, Esq. 



8. Lygosoma quoyi. 



Quoy (§• Oaim. Voy. TJranie, Zool. pi. xlii. fig. 1. 



Lygosoma quoyii, Dum. ^- Bihr. v. p. 728. 



Hiuulia gastrosticta, Gimth. Zool. Ercb. ^~ Terr.^Iiept. p. 11. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained once and one fourth to once and a half in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse. 

 Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supra- 

 nasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture with 

 the rostral ; prsefrontals forming a median suture or in contact with 

 their inner angles ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the two or three anterior supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars, usually followed by a very small fifth ; nine supra- 

 ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, equal, or latter a 

 little shorter than former ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal; three enlarged shields on each side, bordering the 

 parietals ; sixth upper labial largest and below the eye. Ear-opening 

 oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 to 

 40 scales round the middle of the body ; ventrals largest, laterals 

 smallest ; dorsal scales smooth or tricarinate (young). A pair of 

 large prseanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow. 



