8. LTGOSOMA, 323 



interparietal, which entirely separates the i)arietals ; latter narrow ; 

 thi'eo or four pairs of nuchals ; fifth and sixth iipixn- lal)ials below 

 the eye. Ear-opening roundish, much smaller than the eye-opening. 

 22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; laterals 

 smallest. No enlarged prasanals. Limbs short : the length of the 

 hind lirab equals or slightly exceeds the distance between the centre 

 of the eye and the tore limb ; fourth toe not longer than third, with 

 13 or 14 smooth lamella) inferiorly. Tail a little longer than head 

 and body. Upper surfaces varying from pale olive to blackish, 

 uniform or with some or all of the scales edged with black ; lower 

 surfaces pale olive, usually largely spotted or marbled with black. 



inilliin. inilliin. 



Total length 30.") Fore limb 21 



Head 24 Hind limb 30 



Width of head .... 17 Tail 105 



Body 116 



South-cast Australia and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. Sydney. 



b. Ad. Tasmania. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 

 c-d. Ad. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition. 

 e-f. Ad. Tasmania. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 g-m. Ad., hgr., & yg. Tasmania. Dr. Milligan [P.]. 

 n-q. Ad. & hgr. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



130. Lygosoma aiistrale. 



Lygosoma australis, Gray, Cat. p. 85. 

 Lygosoma australis, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1839, p. o32, and Zool. 



Ereb. ^- Terr., Rept. pi. vi. fig. 3 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, 



p. 374, pi.-, fig. 7._ 

 Hinulia gxacilipes, Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. 1870, i. p. 342, pi. v. 



Body much elongate, limbs very weak : the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice 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 narrow suture 

 with the rostral : proefrontals meeting with their inner angles, or 

 narrowly separated ; frontal longer than the frontoparietals, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, smaller than 

 the interparietal : parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; two or three pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial entering 

 the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, a little smaller than the eye- 

 opening. 18 or 20 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; 

 dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged prseanals. The length of the 

 hind limb equals the distance between the centre of the eye and the 

 fore limb ; fourth toe longer than third, with 21 smooth lamellae 

 inferiorly. Tail thick. Pale brown above, with black spots more 

 or less confluent into longitudinal lines ; sides closely black-spotted ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish. 



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