9. ABLEPHARFS. 349 



A. (A. lineo-ocellatus, D. & B.), — No supranasals ; 24 or 26 scales 



round the middle of the body. A raore or less distinct li^ht 

 band on each side of the back frequently present ; more or less 

 distinct ocelli are usually present ou the back, and constantly 

 on the base of the tail. 



a. Many spec. Swan River. 



B. Var. (momalus. Gray. — Supranasals present. 26 scales round 



the body. Coloration as in the preceding. 



b-c. Ad. W. Australia. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 



(Types of Monthia ((nomala.) 

 d-f. Ad. Kangaroo Island. Zoological Society. 



C. Yar. adelaidensis, Ptrs. — Supranasals present. 28 or 30 scales 



round the body. J^o ocelli on the back or tail, but black spots 

 sometimes contluent into longitudinal dorsal bands. 



ff-h. Ad. S. Australia. G. KreiFt, Esq. [P.]. 



i-7n. Ad. Sandhurst, Victoria. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



n. Hgr. Rockhampton, Queensland. 



3. Ablepharus tseniopleurus. 



Ablepbarus (Morethia) tteuiopleurus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, 

 p. 37o. 



General proportions and head-shields as in A. lineo-ocellatus, 

 but head, body, and tail much more depressed. Supranasals present. 

 Ear-opening roundish, without projecting lobules. 26 scales round 

 the body. Olive-green above ; a white lateral line, beginning on 

 the canthus rostralis, edged below by a broad black band beginning 

 on the loreal region ; another white streak below the black band, 

 beginning on the lip and extending to the groin ; limbs and tail 

 black-dotted ; lower surfaces white. 



Total length 90 millim., from snout to vent 33. 



Port Bowen, jS^.E. Australia. 



4. Ablepharus ? speciosus. 



Blepharactisis speciosa, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 484. 



Fingers and toes four. Frontal small ; frontoparietals and 

 interparietal united into a single large shield. Colour dark olive 

 above, with two dark lateral stripes, one on each side. 



Total length 39 millim., head and body 17. 



Nicaragua. 



5. Ablepharus greyi. 



Menetia greyii, Gray., Cat. p. 66. 

 Menetia greyii. Gray, Zool. £rebz<s >.y Terror, Rept. pi. v. fig. 4. 



Jlead very small ; snout shorty obtuse, rostral not projecting. 



