Genus Hinulia. Lygosma, part, Dum. et Bib. Le KeneuXj part, Cocteau. 



Diagnosis. — Head subquadrangxilar. Heel surrounded with granules. 



Characters. — Frontal plate oblong. Rostral erect, triangular. Palate 

 tootlaless, with, a deep triangular notch in front. Body fusiform. Scales 

 smooth, thin ; the two central preanal scales larger than the rest. Tail 

 tapering, loundish. Legs moderate. Toes 5-5, slendei-, compressed. Heel of 

 the hind feet surrounded with granides. — Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 74. 



1. Hinulia ornata, Gray. 



Bright pale brown, varied with black and white spots, sides with an 

 irregular narrow pale streak above ; scales with short black streaks, some 

 black on each edge, white in the centre ; ears moderate, rounded, simple edged. 



A variety of this species in my possession, differs from Gray's type, in 

 having the sides more variegated with black and white, the marginal streak on 

 the sides distinct but interrupted, and the whole of the t\nder parts irregularly 

 and minutely spotted with brown. There is, moreover, a white spot margined 

 with black between the eye and edge of upper jaw. 



2. Hinulia va/riegata, Buller. 



Reddish brown, beautifully varied with spots and markings of dai'k brown 

 and white, disposed in regular series, and forming on the middle of the back 

 and on the sides interrupted bands ; tail dark brown, obscurely marked with 

 paler ; beneath greenish sih'ery, shaded with grey under the tail : form 

 slender ; tail very long and tapering ; ears small, deep and rounded ; toes 

 long and slender. 



Head -6 in. ; body 2-3 ; tail 4*4. 



In one of my specimens there is a narrow line of yellowish white extending 

 from the nostrils down the sides to the junction of the hind legs, and the dark 

 brown of the sides is margined above with a similar line, although not so 

 distinct. 



Genus MocoA. Lygosma, part, Dur)i. et Bib. 



Diagnosis. — Rostral erect, triangular. Palate toothless. 



Characters. — Head subquadrangular. Rostral erect, triangular, convex. 

 Nasal lateral, nearly contiguous, supranasal none, frontoparietal separate or 

 united into one. Palate toothless, nicked behind. Ears oblong, slightly 

 denticulated in front, tympanum deep. Lower eyelid with a central trans- 

 parent disk. Chin with several ]Dairs of large shields. Body fusiform. Scales 

 smooth, with three or four black streaks. Limbs 4, strong. Toes 5-5, com- 

 pressed, unequal. Tail round, tapering, unarmed. Central preanal scales 

 rather larger than the others. — Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 80. 



