8. LTGOSOMA. 277 



a. Ad. Tasmania. Dr. Robertson [P.]. 



b-d. Ad. Tasmania. Dr. Millipan [P.]. 



e /. Ad. & yg., Tasmania. K. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. (Types 

 bad state. of Mvcua psetidocarinuta.) 



g. Several spec. Antarctic Expedition. Lords of tlie Admiralty [P.], 



h. Several spec. ? J. Gould, I'^sq. [C.]. 



i-l. Ad. & yg. ? Lord Derby [P.]. 



70. Lygosoma tricolor. 



Lygosoma tricolor, Bavu}/, Cat. Jiept. N. Calcd. p. 17. 

 Lioscincus steindachnerii, liocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1873, p. 228, and 

 viii. 1881, p. 130. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb nearly e(]nals that between axilla and groin. Snout 

 short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 

 Nostril pierced in the nasal : no supranasal ; a small postnasal 

 shield between the frontonasal, the pra^froutal, the nasal, and the 

 loreal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad suture with 

 the rostral and a narrow one with the frontal ; latter shield as long 

 as the frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars ; nine supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; inter- 

 parietal distinct ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; fourth 

 to sixth upper labials below the eye, from which they are separated 

 by a series of small scales. Ear-opening a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening, without projecting lobules. 40 scales round the middle 

 of the body : laterals smallest, dorsals with three to five feeble keels 

 (probably less distinct in the adult). Pra-anals not enlarged. The 

 hind limb reaches the axilla. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 35 under the fourth toe. Tail once and a half the 

 length of head and body. Eeddish biown above, variegated with 

 darker and lighter : sides blackish brown, white-dotted ; throat and 

 sides of belly marbled with black. 



71. Lygosoma variabile*. 



Tropidolepisma variabilis, Bavay, Cat. Rept. y. CaUd. p. 26. 

 Saurot^ciucus braconnieri, Feters, Sitzb. Ges. I\at. Fitunde, 1879, 

 p. 149. 



* Described from the type specimen of Sauroscmcus bracomii6ri in the Berlin 

 Museum. 



