322 SCINCIDiE. 



Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal, which forms 

 a suture with its fellow : a vertical groove behind the nostril ; 

 frontonasal small, broader than long, largely in contact with the 

 frontal, which is as long as the frontoparietals and parietals together 

 and in contact with the two anterior supraoculars : four supra- 

 oculars, first and fourth smallest ; five or six supra ciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, latter at least twice as long as the 

 former and entirely separating the parietals ; two or three pairs of 

 nuchals : fifth or sixth upper labial below the centre of the eye, 

 sixth or seventh largest. Ear-opening small, subtriangular, with 

 a rather indistinct lobule anteriorly. 24 or 26 smooth scales round 

 the middle of the body ; laterals a little smaller than vcntrals, the 

 two vertebral series largest. Praeanals not or scarcely enlarged. 

 Limbs widely separated when adpresscd. Digits short, very slightly 

 compressed : third and fourth toes equal ; subdigital lamella; tuber- 

 cularly keeled, 11 or 12 under the fourth toe. Tail shorter than head 

 and body. Brown above, uniform or with a black spot on the centre 

 of every other scale ; three large black vertical spots on each side of 

 the neck ; series of black dots descend from the sides of the head to 

 the throat ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 132 Fore limb 15 



Head 16 Hind limb 17 



Width of head .... 11 Tail 55 



Body 61 



North-western Australia. 



a^b, c. Ad. Champiou Bay. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. (Types.) 



d-e. Ad. W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 



129, Lygosoma casuarinse. 



Ouiolepida casuarinse, Gray, Cat. p. 87. 

 Cyclodus casuarinse, Duvi. ^- Bihr. v. p. 749 ; Bell, Zool. Beagle, 



Rept. pi. XV. fig. 3. 



(Homolepida) nigricans, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 621 *. 



Lygosoma (Lvgosoma) miUleri {non Schler/.), Peters, Sitzb, Ges. Nat. 



^Freimde, 1878, p. 191. 



Body much elongate ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and a half in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. 8nout moderate, obtuse. Lower 

 eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a rather large nasal, which is 

 usually in contact with its fellow ; frontonasal smaU, broader than 

 long ; praefrontals usually forming a median suture : frontal nearly 

 as lo]ig as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 

 the first and second supraoculars ; three supraoculars, second largest ; 

 six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, much shorter than the 



* Type examined. 



