Species of Reptiles and Fishes. 421 



Only one fronto-parietal, notched behind to receive the front 

 part of the central occipital. Nostril in the centre of the nasal, 

 with a lunate groove behind. Ear-opening without lobes in 

 front. The middle of the body is surrounded by twenty- 

 eight longitudinal series of scales, those on the back being 

 rather larger than those on the sides and abdomen ; there are 

 forty scales in a longitudinal series between the fore and hind 

 legs. Four prgeanal scales, subequal in size. Tail strong^ 

 tetraliedral. Legs feeble ; the anterior extends to the ear- 

 opening if stretched forwards ; fingers very feeble and short ; 

 the hind leg covers about one half of its distance from the fore 

 leg ; the fourth toe one fourth longer than the third. Upper 

 parts light brownish, finely marbled with darker, sides lighter ; 

 lower parts white. 



One example, apparently adult, from the Feejee Islands. 



Nannoscincus (g. n. Scincid.) . 



Appears to be allied to Coplioscincus (Ptrs.), but dififeringby 

 having keeled scales. Body of moderate proportions ; legs 

 feeble, five-toed. Eyelid narrow, scaly. No supranasal. Ear- 

 opening externally not visible, entirely hidden by scales. 



Nannoscincus Juscus. 



Rostral shield depressed, flat, somewhat wedge-shaped. 

 Prsefrontal forming a broad suture with the rostral as well as with 

 the vertical. Vertical much longer than broad, tapering behind. 

 Four supraciliaries. Five occipitals, the middle of which is 

 smaller than one of the anterior. Nasals rhomboid, with the 

 anterior and posterior angles acute, perforated in the middle by 

 the nostrils. Five or six supralabials. Scales with three or 

 four keels, in twenty-two longitudinal series, the dorsal not 

 being conspicuously larger than the lateral ; there are thirty- 

 eight transverse series of scales between the fore and hind legs. 

 Four preeanal scales, the middle being somewhat the larger. 

 Anterior toes almost rudimentary ; the third and fourth hind 

 toes rather longer than the second. Upper parts uniform 

 shining blackish brown ; lower parts speckled with greyish. 



One example from the Feejee Islands. 



Gymnodactylus multicarinatus. 



Snout broader than long. Head without any larger tubercles, 

 except in the occipital and temporal regions. Six upper 

 labials ; the middle lower labial large, without mentalia, or 

 with a pair of only rudimentary ones behind. Back with from 

 sixteen to twenty regular longitudinal series of small conical 



