328 sciNciD^. 



a. Ad. Kanp^aroo Island. 



b. Ad. S. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. (Type of 



Hemiergis polylepis.) 



136. Lygosoma quadrilineatum. 



Chelomeles quadrilineatus, Graij, Cat. p. 87. 

 Chelomeles quadrilineatus, Dum. i^- Bibr, v. p. 774; Gray, Zool, 

 Ereh: ^- Terr., Rept. pi. vi. tig. 2. 



Body much elongate ; limbs very ■weak, didactj'le ; the distance 

 between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice 

 and one third to thrice and one fourth in the distance between 

 axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower ej-elid with an 

 undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no 

 Bupranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture 

 with the rostral; prajfrontals in contact or narrowly separated; 

 frontal about as long as and narrower than the interparietal, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, nearly as long as the 

 interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 two or three pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial below the centre 

 of the eye, from which it is separated by a series of suboculars. 

 Ear covered with scales, indicated by a depression. 18 smooth 

 scales round the middle of the body ; laterals smallest. A pair of 

 enlarged praianals. The length of the hiud limb equals the distance 

 between the commissure of the mouth and the fore limb ; second 

 toe much longer than first. Tail thick, once and one third to once 

 and a half the length of head and body. Pale brown or golden 

 above, with black dots, which are larger and form a double series 

 along the vertebral line and another one along each side of the 

 back; sides greyish, dotted with darker ; lower surfaces whitish. 



millira. millim. 



Total length 136 Fore limb 6 



Head 9 Hind limb 10 



Width of head 6 Tail 78 



Body 49 



Western Australia. 



a-h. Ad. Swan River. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



e. Many spec. : ad., Houtman's Abrolhos. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 



bgr./& yg. 

 d. Hgr. Champion_ Bay, N. W. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 



Australia. 



137. Lygosoma infralineolatum. (Plate XXYIl. fig. 1.) 



Cophoscincus infralineolatus, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1873, p. 1G6. 

 subvittHtus, Giuith. I. c. p. 167. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 



