324 SClKCIDiE. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 150 Fore limb 10 



Head 11 Hind limb 15 



Width of head 7 Tail (reproduced) . . 70 



Body 69 



Southern Australia. 



a. Ad. Swan River. 



b-c. Ad. & hgr. King George's Sound. Col. Bcddome [C.]. 



131. Lygosoma punctulatum. 



Lygosoma punctulatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 646, and 

 1873, p. .374, pi. — . fig. 5 ; Peters ^- Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 xiii. 1878, p. 347. 



lieterodactylum, Giinth. Journ. Mus. Godeffro]/, xii. 1876, 



p. 45. 



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 fifths 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 shorter than fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and 

 second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; seven supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, not quite as long as the interparietal; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; usually one to 

 three pair of nuchals ; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 

 Ear-opening round, smaller than the eye-opening, but much larger 

 than the nostril. 18 or 20 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body ; dorsals largest. A pair of large praeanals. The length of the 

 hind limb equals the distance between the posterior border of the 

 orbit and the fore limb ; fourth toe longer than third, with 12 to 14 

 smooth lamellae inferiorly. Tail thick, about once and two thirds 

 the length of head and body. Pale bro\^ n above, with small darker 

 dots, larger and more abundant on the sides ; lower surfaces yel- 

 lowish, with brown dots. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 145 Fore limb 7 



Head 10 Hind limb 12 



Width of head 6 TaH 90 



Body 45 



Queensland. 

 Ad. 

 b-e. Ad. & hgr. Eockhampton. 



a. Ad. Peak Downs. Museum Godeffroy. (Type of 



Lygosoma heterodactylum *.) 



* The difference in the proportions of the toes, upon which stress is laid in 

 the description, is due to mutilation. 



