342 Dr. R. Broom on 



with darker and lighter; back sometimes uniform reddish 

 brown ; belly dark brown or blackish, speckled with whitish ; 

 tail with reddish spots, or entirely red or orange above. 



From snout to vent 50 millim. ; head 11 ; width of head 8 ; 

 tail 70; fore limb 12; hind limb 12. 



Several specimens from La Palma. 



Erratum ('Annals,' September 1896, p. 2.33). 

 For Lygosoma ocellatum read Lygosoma ocellvferum. 



LIT. — On Tivo new Species o/"Ablepharu3 /rom North 

 Queensland. By R. Broom, M.D., B.Sc. 



The following species of Ahlepharus^ which have not, I 

 think, been previously observed, were found by me recently 

 near the North Queensland township of Muldiva. This 

 little mining township, now almost completely deserted, is 

 situated about 70 miles west of Herberton, near the watershed 

 of the Walsh and the Tate. 



Ahlepharus tenuis, sp. n. 



Body elongate, depressed ; head rather flat. Snout short, 

 obtuse, rostral slightly projecting. Eye not completely sur- 

 rounded by granules ; granules absent in the region of second 

 and third supraciliaries and anterior half of subocular. Ros- 

 tral in contact with the fronto-nasal by a short suture. No 

 supra-nasal. Pra^frontals, fronto-nasal, and frontal meet 

 each other at a point. Frontal moderate, in contact with the 

 first supraocular. Three supraoculars, first largest, about 

 equal to frontal. A pair of fronto-parietals, very little shorter 

 than the frontal, and in contact with the three supraoculars. 

 Interparietal distinct, a little smaller than the fronto-parietals. 

 Parietals moderate, meeting behind the interparietal. One 

 pair of nuchals. Four supraciliaries, the first largest. Four 

 upper labials in front of the large subocular. Ear-opening 

 small, about ^ tlie size of the eye, practically round and with 

 no lobules. 2-4 scales round the middle of the body, sub- 

 equal. One pair of prgeanals very slightly enlarged. Limbs 

 feeble, not meeting when adpressed, both pentadactyle. Tail 

 a little longer than the head and body. 



To the naked eye the upper surface appears uniformly 



