336 sciNCiD^. 



frontals small and widely separated ; frontal much broader than 

 the supraocular region, in contact with the first and second supra- 

 oculars and with the interparietal ; supraoculars three, small, second 

 largest ; six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals small, much smaller 

 than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; four pairs of nuchals ; fourth upper labial entering the 

 orbit. Ear-opening scarcely distinguishable. 18 smooth scales 

 round the middle of the body; dorsals largest, ventrals smallest. A 

 pair of enlarged pra^anals. Pore limb nearly as long as the snout ; 

 hind limb as long as the distance between the ear and the fore 

 limb ; second toe more than twice as long as first. Pale brown 

 above, each scale with a black dot, the dots forming six or eight 

 longitudinal lines ; head-shields black-edged ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. millini. 



Total length 129 Fore limb 3-5 



Head 10 Hind limb 10 



Width of head 6-5 Tail (reproduced) . . 44 



Body 75 



Queensland, Victoria. 

 a. Ad. Queensland. (Type.) 



148. Lygosoma lineopunctulatum. 



Rhodona punctata, Gray, Cat. p. 89. 

 Khodoria punctata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 18o9, p. 335. 

 Brachystopus lineopuuctidatus. Bum. l^- Bibr. \. p. 779. 

 Ronia catenulata, Gray, in Grey's Trav. Austr. ii. p. 437, pi. iv. 

 fig.l. 



Body much elongate ; fore limb reduced to a styliform rudiment, 

 hind limb didactyle. Snout cuneiform, with projecting labial edge. 

 Eye small. Eyelid with a transparent disk. Nostril pierced in a 

 large nasal, which is in contact Avith its fellow ; frontonasal large, 

 much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the frontal ; 

 proefrontals small and widely separated ; frontal much broader than 

 the supraocular region, in contact with the first and second supra- 

 oculars ; supraoculars three, small, second largest ; five or six supra- 

 ciliaries : frontoparietals and interjiarietal fused into a single large 

 shield, behind which the parietals form a suture ; one or two pairs 

 of nuchals ; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening 

 scarcely distinguishable. 20 or 22 smooth scales round the middle 

 of the body ; dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged pra?anals. Fore 

 limb about as long as two adjacent scales ; hind limb as long as or 

 shorter than the distance between the nostril and the fore limb ; 

 second toe more than twice as long as first. Tail thick, shorter 

 than head and body. Pale greyish or brownish above, each scale 

 with a dark brown dot : head speckled with dark brown : lower 

 surfaces white. 



