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black spot. The abdomen is unicolor. The under surface of the head 

 and limbs, dotted with black. The limbs and tail above are barred 

 with dark and yellow or yellowish-olive ; beneath, the tail being uni- 

 color, like the abdomen. 



Loc. New South Wales, Australia. 



GENUS OREODEIRA, GIRARD. 



CHAR. GEN. Capite depresso, latiori, et breve; scutis pan-is, subtubercur 

 lodis, et subimbricatis, cooperto. Scuto occipilali ampliori. Naribus 

 lateralibu-s, intra porcae s-upraciliaris prolationem sitis. Scutis supra' 

 labialibus et squamis temporalibus carinatis. Lingua crassa, antice 

 emarginata rel bifurcata. Dentibus compressie et acutis ad laterem 

 maxillae; incisoriis subconicalibus. Apertura auditoria modica, ej'us 

 margine anteriori subserrato ; tympana prope orificium exteriorem 

 sito. Plicaturis transversalibus, gulari et pectorali. Golli Jateribus 

 diverse plicatis sen corrugatis. Crista parva cervicali, secundum 

 regionem dorsualem evanescente. Squamis dorsualibus modicis, pror- 

 sus aequalibus, carinatis, in series obliquas dispositis ; abdominalibus 

 pan-is, subaequalibus et carinatis; occipitalibus et cervicalibus parvis- 

 simis, mbgranulosis. Cruribus gracilibm, elongatis ; die/ids palma- 

 rum plantarumque gracilibus, compressis, inaequalibus, et uncinatis. 

 Cauda gracili, subconicaU, minuente. Fbris femoralibus et praeana- 

 libus nullis. 



GEX. CHAR. Head depressed, rather broad and short, covered with 

 small, subtuberculous, and subiuibricated plates. Occipital plate 

 rather large. Nostrils lateral, situated within the extension of the 

 supraciliary ridge along the snout. Supralabial plates and tempo- 

 ral scales carinated. Tongue fleshy, anteriorly notched or bifid. 

 Compressed and cutting teeth on the sides of the jaws, and sub- 

 conical incisors anteriorly. Auricular aperture moderate, subser- 

 rated ; tympanum situated near its surface. A gular and a pec- 

 toral cross fold. Sides of the neck variously folded or rumpled. 

 Nape with a small crest, vanishing away along the back. Scales 

 on the back moderate, homogeneous, keeled, disposed upon oblique 

 series ; on the abdomen, small, subequal, and keeled also ; on the 



