414 Dr. A. Giintlier on three new Species of Lizards. 



rior occipital ; a small central occipital fitting into a notch of 

 the anterior. Six upper 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 



» j5 6ar / 



„ „ shoulder 12 



„ „ vent 30 



Length of tail 47 



„ fore leg 8-5 



„ hind leg 12 



This species should be compared with Lygosoma novce- 

 guinecB^ which lias been very shortly noticed by Meyer in 

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



6. Mabouia macrura^ Gthr. 



7. Cyclodus carinatus, Gthr. 



8. Tropidolepisma striolatuniy Ptrs. 



9. Heterojms fuscus, D. & B. 



10. Thecadactylus australis, sp. n. 



Closely allied to T. rajyicauda. Upper parts covered with 

 very 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 preeanal 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 Bnout to the eye 12 



)j jy CHF * . . . • ^c^ 



„ „ 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 



