298 Mr. A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy on 



eima in segmentis I.-XI,, in prioribua usque ad dorsum protenta. 

 Pinnae fascicules setarum capillarium gereutes a segmento sccundo 

 per totum corpus obviee, in segmentis anterioribus compressse in 

 dorso collocatEe supino vergentes, deinde subconicce in lateribus 

 segmentorum colloeatae postice versus spectantes ; setae longae, 

 sericeae, limbatae ; uncinorum ventralium ordo prior sub pinna 

 setigera quinta, in segmentis sequentibus in pinunla parva ad- 

 pressa ; uncini minutissimi 3-dentati uniseriales. 



Hah. 59° 34' lat. bor., 7° 18' long, occid., fundo 650 orgyi- 

 arum. 



Erlangse, d. n. m. Martii MDCCCLXXIV. 



XL. — Descriptions of new /S^^ecies o/" Scincidce in the Collection 

 of the British Museum. By A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy, 

 Assistant in the Zoological Department. 



Mocoa lichenigera, n. sp. 



Body cylindrical ; lower eyelid with transparent disk ; 

 scales smooth, small, in 41 longitudinal series, those of the 

 inferior sm'face being exceedingly numerous, considerably 

 over 80 in a longitudinal series, the scales between the chest 

 and chin being smaller than those on the belly ; nasals 

 and fronto-nasals not contiguous ; internasal almost circular ; 

 frontal widened anteriorly and tapering posteriorly ; fronto- 

 parietals separate ; supralabials six, subequal ; eai'-opening 

 moderate. 



Somewhat resembling Mocoa Smithii. 



Colour : above olive or bronzed greenish bro^vn, dotted with 

 dark brown ; sides with dark brown variegations, fonniug a 

 wavy line along the margin of the back on each side, and 

 extending on to the tail ; lower surface pale yellowish. 



Tail rather broad ; scales small, uniform ; limbs moderate, 

 fore and hind ones meeting in the middle of the side. 



Lord Howe's Island. In the collection of the British 

 Museum. Collected by Mr. M'Gillivray. 



Mocoa pretiosa, n. sp. 



Resembles M. Entrecasfeauxii, but diflfers in the much 

 greater number of scales ; in the latter there are 56-59 in a 

 longitudinal ventral series, while in the present there are not 

 less than 80. Fronto-parietals united ; scales striated or 

 minutely ridged. Colour : bright brown, with median black 



