414 Dr. A. GUntlier on three neio Species of Lizards. 



rior occi])ital ; a small central occipital fitting into a notch of 

 the anterior. Six u])per labials, the fourth being below the 

 eye. Ear-opening minute. The fore leg does not reach 

 beyond the eye if laid forwards ; the third finger longest. 

 Brown above, white below. Sides with a black, white-edged 

 band, beginning from the eye and lost on the tail. This 

 band is much more distinct in young than in old specimens. 



millim. 

 Distance of the snout from the eye 3 



»> )9 G^i' 7 



„ „ shoulder 12 



„ „ vent 30 



Length of tail 47 



,, fore leg 8*5 



„ hind leg 12 



This species should be compared Avith Lygosoma novce- 

 qxdnecv^ which has been very shortly noticed by Meyer in 

 "Berlin. M.B. 1874, p. 132. 



6. Mahouia macrura^ Gthr. 



7. Cyclodus carinatus, Gthr. 



8. Tropidolepisma striolatum^ Ptrs. 



9. Heterojnis fiiscus, D. & B. 



10. Thecadactylus australisy sp. n. 



Closely allied to T. rapicauda. Upper parts covered with 

 veiy small, granular, smooth scales, which become more pro- 

 minent and rougher on the forehead and snout. Eleven upper 

 and ten lower labials. Scales of the lower parts as small as 

 those of the upper ; those on the throat minute. The scales 

 in the pra^anal region somewhat larger, each perforated by a 

 pore. Root of the tail, behind the vent, swollen (in the 

 male ?), the swollen portion covered with large hexagonal 

 scutes. Tail (reproduced) cylindrical, with narrow verticilli. 

 Upper parts brownish violet, marbled with reddish. Lower 

 parts whitish. 



millim. 



Distance from the snout to the eye 12 



„ „ ear 28 



„ „ shoulder 45 



„ ,, vent 105 



Length of tail 60 



„ fore leg 30 



,, hind leg 40 



The occurrence in Australia of a genus hitherto believed to 

 be peculiar to tropical America is the more significant as this 



