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captured, ifc is very common under bark, or among dead leaves 

 or branches. Its eggs are deposited among decomposed leaves 

 in moist places, and are from 10 to 16, and perhaps more in 

 number. I have often taken as many as 50 out of one of these 

 breeding places, but I believe that they were the produce of 

 several lizards. 



In the neighbourhood of Sydney, where M. trilineata is very 

 common, the eggs are generally laid between the fronds of the 

 so called " Staghorn fern." 



9. SlAPHOS EQUALIS. 



The Siaphos. 



This is another small Lizard, with very short three-toed limbs ; 

 it frequents shady or dark places, and lays but a limited number 

 of eggs. 



10. TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS. 

 Rugose Stump-tail. 



A large, lazy, and very common kind of Lizard, generally 

 known as the " Sleeping Lizard," which frequents open sandy 

 plains, and may be captured in large numbers during a hot 

 summer's day. 



The number of young produced, seldom exceeds 4, those 

 dissected by me had 2 embryos only. I believe these Lizards do 

 not inhabit the east coast, at all events they are not found near 

 Sydney, or at the Hastings or Clarence Rivers. 



In Western Australia, particularly in the neighbourhood of 

 King George's Sound they are very common. 



11. CYCLODUS GIGAS. 

 Giant Cyclodus. 



Whether this species is identical with the large Cyclodus of 

 the east coast I cannot at present determine. Peters has des- 

 cribed a Cyclodus from South Australia, and Dr. Schomburgk who 

 discovered this new species informs me that our common Giant 

 Cyclodus does not exist near Adelaide ; if this is correct, the 

 Cyclodus found on the Murray, would be referable to Peters' 

 C. occipitalis. 



