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THE CRUISE OF THE ' OUBAQOA.' 



NANNOSGINGUS.—(g.n. Scincid.) 



Appears to be allied to Gophoscincus (Ptrs.), but differing by 

 having keeled scales. Body of moderate proportions ; legs feeble, 

 five-toed. Eyelid narrow, scaly. Not supranasal. Ear-opening 

 externally not visible, entirely hidden by scales. 



PLATE XXV. 

 NANN0S0INGU8 FUSOUS. 



Rostral shield depressed, flat, somewhat wedge-shaped. Prse- 

 frontal forming a broad suture with the rostral as well as 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 nostril. 

 Five or six supralabials. Scales with three or four keels, in 22 

 longitudinal series, the dorsal not being conspicuously larger than 

 the lateral. There are 38 transverse series of scales between the 

 fore and hind legs. Four praeanal scales, the middle being some- 

 what the larger. Anterior toes almost rudimentary ; the third 

 and fom-th hind toes rather longer than the second. Upper parts 

 uniform shining blackish-brown ; lower parts speckled with 

 greyish. 



One example from the Fiji Islands. 



Distance between the snout and eye 



„ „ fore leg 



„ „ vent 



Length of tail (partly reproduced) 

 „ foreleg. 



'„ hind leg 



,„ second toe 



,5 third and fourth toes . 



mm. 



2 

 lOi 

 35 

 17 



5 



9 



2 



■2 



