274 SCINCID^. 



66, Lygosoma iiifrapunctatum. (Plate XXI. fig. 1.) 



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

 the fore limb is contained once and three fifths in the distance between 

 axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an 

 undivided transparent disk. Xostril pierced in the nasal ; no supra- 

 nasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture Avith the 

 rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield as long as frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the two anterior supra- 

 oculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; seven supraeiliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, longer than the interparietal ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal, bordered by a pair of 

 nuchals and a pair of temporals ; two pairs of nuchals behind the 

 anterior pair ; sixth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening 

 roundish, as large as the eye-opening, with three short obtuse 

 lobules on its anterior border. 34 scales round the middle of the 

 body ; laterals smallest, dorsals feebly striated. PriBanals scarcely 

 enlarged. The adpressed limbs just meet. Digits slightly com- 

 pressed ; subdigital lameUse smooth, 23 under the fourth toe. Olive 

 above, with numerous small dark brown spots ; a reddish-brown 

 undulated lateral band ; lower surfaces pale olive, dotted with dark 

 brown. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 163 Fore limb 22 



Head 16 Hind limb 30 



Width of head 11 Tail (reproduced) . . 82 



Body 65 



Australia. 

 a. Ad, Australia. G. Krelft, Esq. 



67. Lygosoma smithii. 



Mocoa smithii, Gray, Cat. p. 82. 

 Lygosomella sestuosa, Girard, U.S. E.xplor. Exped., Herp. p. 251, 



pi. xxvii. figs. ]-8. 

 Euprepes smithii, Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 47. 

 Mocoa zealandica, part., Giinth. Zool. Ercb. ^- Ten:, Rept. p. 13. 

 Norbea isolata, Hutton, Trans. K. Zeal, hist. iv. 1872, p. 170. 



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

 the fore limb is contained once and one third to once and three 

 fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, 

 obtusely pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril pierced in a nasal, which is often divided by an 

 oblique suture ; no supranasal ; frontonasal usually not much 

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

 frontal; latter shield as long as or longer than frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars : 

 four supraoculars, second largest ; six or seven supraeiliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, usually a little longer than the interparietal ; 



