8. LYGOSOMA. 



343 



orbit separated froii the upper labials by a series of large suboculars. 

 Ear completely hidden. 20 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body; dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged prieanals. Fore limb 

 longer than hind limb, divided into three minute clawed tubercles. 

 Tail thick, a little longer than head and bod}% Brown abov'C, whitish 

 interiorly : a more or less distinct pale band across the occiput ; this 

 band whitish in the young. 



milliiu. 



Total length 327 



Head 16 



Width of head 11 



Body 139 



Eastern xiustralia. 



Fore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Tail .... 



millira. 

 6 

 4 

 172 



a-b. Ad. 



c. Ad. 



d-ff. Ad., hiiT., & vg. 



h. Ad. 



i. Yg. 



k. Ad. 



Ga}aidah. 

 Brisbane. 

 Queensland. 

 Clarence River. 



New South Wales. 



P 



Museum Godefiroy. 

 Museum Godefiroy. 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 G. Krefft, Esq. 

 G. I£i-eflft, Esq. 

 W. Carruthers, Esq. 



[P.]. 



(Tvpe of Chelomeles pseudoims.) 



158. Lygosoma truncatum. 



Coloscincus truncatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p. 532, pi. — . 

 fig. 1. 



Limbs reduced to clawless undivided rudiments. Snout short, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the anterior part of 

 a rather large nasal ; uo supranasal : rostral produced between the 

 nasals, forming a suture with the frontonasal, which also forms a 

 suture with the frontal : prsefrontals small ; frontal as broad as 

 long, forming a suture with the first supraciliaiy and with the first 

 supraocidar ; three supraoculars : frontoparietals and interparietal 

 distinct, subequal ; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal : a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border the 

 parietal ; a series of suboculars. Ear hidden. 20 smooth scales 

 round the body. Median praeanals slightly enlarged. Grey-brown 

 above, with four longitudinal series of dark dots ; sides closely 

 dotted with black. 



From snout to vent 42 millim., tail 36. 



Peale Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland. 



159. Lygosoma ophioscincus. 

 Ophioscincus australis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 747. 



Limbless. Snout short, obtuse. Eye very small. Lower eyelid 

 scaly. jN'ostril pierced in the anterior part of a large nasal ; no 

 supranasal ; rostral produced between the nasals, forming a sutm-e 

 with the frontonasal, which forms a broad suture with the frontal ; 

 praefrontals very small and widely separated ; frontal broader than 

 long, forming a suture with the fii'st supraciliary and with the first 



