﻿168 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Family Scincidce. 



HiNULIA ORNATA. 



Tiliqua ornata, Gray, "Dieff, N.Z.," Vol. II., p. 202, Eulampus ornatus, Fitz. 



This species varies from pale to golden brown ; it is more or less spotted 

 on the back with blackish brown, and generally has an interrupted band of 

 the same colour on the sides ; the scales of the back are streaked with black ; 

 below it is greenish, or yellowish white with black spots. The tail is thick 

 and short, and is slightly serrated by the pi-ojecting tips of the scales. The 

 length of the head and body is about 3 inches ; of the tail 2-25 inches. It is 

 found under stones and logs, both in the bush and in the open country. 



MocoA Zelandica, 



Tiliqua Zelandica, Gray, " Dieff. IST.Z.," Vol. II., p. 202, LampropJiolis moco, 

 Fitz. Hinulia variegata, Buller, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. III., p, 5, 



The fronto-parietal shield is divided into two, and the ears are denticulated 

 in front in this and all the other New Zealand species of Mocoa, except, 

 perhaps, Smithii, which I have not seen. The colours in this species are very 

 variable. Generally the back is pale, or dark reddish-bi'own, sometimes 

 greenish, generally with an irregular whitish stripe, edged below with black, 

 from the nostrils, over the eye, down the side, and often with a darker stripe 

 down the centre of the back. Sometimes it is pale golden brown on the 

 back and darker on the sides, with a narrow black line dividing the colours. 

 Down the middle of the back there is generally a shallow gi-oove, which is 

 deepest over the fore and hind legs, 



I have examined both the specimens on which Mr. Buller founded his 

 H. variegata ; they both have the lower eyelid of Mocoa, and cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from Mocoa Zelandica. The specimen answering to Mr. Buller's 

 description is a rather remarkable variety as regards its colours, but the other 

 is a very common one, and differs but slightly from the typical Zelandica. 

 In neither of them is the ear round, as described by Mr. Buller, but oval. 

 This species is more common than the last, and frequents the same localities. 

 There is a specimen in the Colonial Museum from the island of Bangitoto, 

 near Auckland. 



Mocoa Smithii. 



Mocoa Smithii, Gray, " Voy. Erebixs and Terror." Lampropholis 

 Smithii, Fitz. 



I have seen no specimens that I can refer to this species. 



