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part, granular below, with feeble claws. Head and body with 
very small granule-like scales, without any tubercles; tail 
rounded, slightly swollen, covered with rings of small square 
plates. Snout pointed, peculiarly compressed; labial shields 
minute, front of upper jaw covered with a prominent, nail-like 
shield, Tongue narrow, rather poiuted in front, not notched. 
Kye very large. Some larger shields, without pores, before 
and behind the vent. 
Al. Rhynchoedura ornata, sp. n. 
Greyish, each side with confluent black half-rings, a black 
band across the occiput. Head and body with round, faint, 
whitish spots. Lower parts white. 
Nicol Bay. 24 inches long. 
42. Physignathus Lesueurtt (Gray). 
Istturus Lesueurtt (D. & B.). 
Amphibolurus heterurus (Ptrs.). 
Clarence River (Krefft). 
43. Chlamydosaurus Kingit (Gray). 
Port Essington, Cape York, Nicol Bay. 
44. Lophognathus Gilberti (Gray). 
Redtenbacheria fasciata, Steindachner, Reise d. Novara, Rept. p. 31. 
Port Essington, Swan River, Champion Bay, Nicol Bay. 
45. ees reticulata (Gray). 
Nicol Bay. © 
46. Grammatophora maculata (D. & B.). 
_ Nicol Bay, Champion Bay. 
47. Grammatophora macrolepis, sp. n. 
No larger scales scattered between the others; all the scales 
comparatively large, those on the back larger than the labial 
shields; body surrounded by fifty-four series of scales, of which 
fourteen belong to the back. Scarcely a trace of a dorsal crest 
is visible on the back. Hind limbs long, extending to the ear, 
if laid forwards. Snout short, nostril midway between the end 
of the snout and the angle of the ocular slit. A few small pro- 
minent scales above and behind the tympanum. Yellowish-olive, 
with some darker markings on the side of the body and tail. 
Snout deep brown, interorbital space yellowish ; lateral fold of 
the neck black. 
Adult female, 8 inches long, tail 74 inches. i 
