232 BciNCiD.a;. 



into a zigzag band, along each side ; lips spotted with blackish ; 



lower surfaces yellowish white ; throat spotted or variegated with 



brown. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 170 Fore limb 22 



Head 17 Hind limb 32 



Width of head .... 12 Tail 95 



Body 58 



New South Whales. 



a. Ad. Australia. (Type.) 



b. Ad. Australia. (Type of Hinulia elegans.) 



c. Ad. Australia. J. Stokes, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Yg. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 

 c-/, g-i. Ad. & yg. N. S. Whales. G. Kretft, E^q. 



k. Ad. Paramatta. H. M.S. 'Challenger.' 



I. Ad, Paramatta. A. G. Butler, Esq. [P.]. 



10. Lygosoma murrayi. (Plate XIII. fig. 1.) 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and one third in the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal 

 broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and with the 

 frontal ; latter as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, 

 in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, 

 first twice as long as second : eight supraciliaries, first largest ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in length ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; no nuchals ; 

 fourth and fifth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening oval, a 

 little larger than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 34 smooth 

 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. 

 Two enlarged prseanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist. Digits 

 rather short, compressed ; subdigital lamell;^' obtusely keeled, 19 

 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, nearly once and a half the length 

 of head and body. Brown above ; sides blackish, with irregular 

 small yellowish spots ; lower surfaces yellowish white, throat 

 marbled with grey. 



