8. LYGOSOMA. 285 



e-i. Ad. & vg. Wild I., Admiralty II.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



Islands. 

 k-m. Ad. Islands of Torres Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 



Straits. 

 n, o-q. Several spec. : Murray Island. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 



ad. & 3-g. 



79. Lygosoma rhomboidale. 



Heteropus rhomboidalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 446. 



? Heteropus rostralis, Be Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. i. 188o, p. 171. 



Closely allied to L. fmcum, but the interparietal fused with the 

 frontoparietal. Pra?.t'rontals separated ; one or two obtuse lobules 

 on the anterior border of the ear. 32 scales round the middle of 

 the body ; dorsals indistinctly tricarinate. The liind limb reaches 

 the axilla. 2b laraellic under the fourth toe. Coppery brown 

 above, some of the scales edged with black ; a rather indistinct 

 paler line on each side, beginning above the ear, edged below by a 

 blackish band; pale olive interiorly; throat and lips blue. 



milliui. millim. 



Total length 107 Fore limb 17 



Head 11 Hind Hmb 24 



'J^ Width of head .... 8 TaU 60 



Body 36 



Queensland. 



a. Ad. Port Mackay. Museum GodefFroy. (One 



of the types.) 



80. Lygosoma beccarii. 



Heteropus beccarii, Peters ^ Doria, A?m. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 

 p. 301. 



Allied to L. fuscmn. Praefrontals separated ; frontal as long as 

 frontoparietal and interparietal together ; eight supraciliaries ; four 

 labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening larger than the 

 transparent palpebral disk, bordered all round and partly covered 

 by long and acute lobules, those on the anterior border the largest. 

 38 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals and laterals strongly 

 tricarinate. The hind limb reaches the shoulder. 30 lamellae under 

 the fourth toe. Bronzy olive above, black-spotted ; a blackish band, 

 dotted with greenish, on the side of the neck and of the anterior 

 half of the body ; the scales on the side of the head black-edged ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish, 



millim. millim. 



Total length 193 Fore limb 27 



Head 18 Hind limb 42 



Width of head 12 Tail 120 



Body 55 



Ki Islands. 

 a. Ad. Ke Daulau. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



