8. LTGOSOJIA. 317 



bands varied with trapezoid black, white-edged spots ; these black 

 spots become contluent on the tail ; a smaller, similar band along 

 the flanks ; a black, white-edged )(-shaped mark on the head. 



raillim. milliui. 



Total length (tail in- Body 16 



jurod) 30 Fore limb 6 



Head 15 Hind limb 12 



Huilla, Mossamcdes, 



121. Lygosoma ornatum. (Plate XXVI. fig. 1.) 



Hinulia ornata, part., Gray, Cat. p. 77. 

 Tiliqua ornata, Grai/, in Dieffenh. N. Zeal. ii. p. 202. 

 Euprepos ornatus, Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 40. 



Habit lacertiform, rather stont ; the distance between the end of 

 the snout and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once 

 and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; 

 no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 

 the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two ante- 

 rior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six to eight 

 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, longer than the interparietal ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; one or two pairs 

 of nuchals ; fourth or fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 

 Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening, without 

 projecting lobules. 28 or 30 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body ; laterals smallest. No enlarged prseanals. The adpressed 

 limbs fail to meet, or just meet. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 18 to 22 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, little 

 longer than head and body. Yellowish or reddish brown above, 

 each scale with several fine darker lines ; sides with dark brown 

 and yellowish markings ; a yellowish, dark-edged spot below the 

 eye ; lower surfaces yellowish, uniform or spotted with brown. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 129 Fore limb 16 



Head 13 Hind limb 20 



Width of head 10 Tail (reproduced) . . 60 



Body 51 



New Zealand. 



a-6. Ad. & hgr. N.Zealand. Sir R. Owen [P.]. (Types.) 



c, d. Ad. & yg. N. Zealand. Dr. Sinclair [P.]. 



e-f. Hgr. N. Zealand. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



g-h. Ad. & yg. N. Zealand. Zoological Society. 



