﻿HuTTON. — On the Lizards of Neio Zealand. 169 



MOCOA GRANDIS. 



Mocooj grandis, Gray, "Catalogue of Lizards in the British Museum," p. 272. 

 Larapropholis grandis, Fitz. 



This species appears to vary little in. colour. The length of the head and 

 body is about 2-5 inches, that of the tail the same. The tail is short, and 

 thick at the root. The specimens in the Colonial Museum were obtained in 

 the neighbourhood of Wellington. It was, I believe, this species that was 

 seen by Mr. Kirk and myself on Flat Island, near the Great Barrier Island, 

 and also on the Little Barrier Island, and referred to by Mi-. Buller [Trans. 

 N.Z. Inst., Vol. Ill, p 4.) 



MoCOA STBIATA. 



Mocoa striata, Buller, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Yol. III., p. 6. 



This species differs from Zelandica in its colours, and in having the ear 

 circular ; the palbebral disk is moderate, and the pre-anal scales are rather 

 larger than the others. 



No locality is attached to the type specimen. 



MocoA 1 LAXA. sp. nov. 



General characteristics as in Mocoa, Fronto-parietal plates 2, separate ; 

 ears ovate, open, denticulated in front with 6 rounded scales ; rostral erect, 

 triangular, rounded in front ; nasal shields moderate, rather distant, inter-nasal 

 semicircular in front, bi-lobed behind, a semi-oval inter-frontonasal shield 

 separates the inter-nasal from the frontal ; fore part of the head, including the 

 frontal shield, depressed ; eyebrow shields 5-5 elevated, rounded ; palpebral 

 disk rather large. Scales small, rather thick, smooth, loosely imbricating on 

 the back ; centi-al pre-anal scales rather larger than the others. Length from 

 muzzle to tail 2-5 inches ; of tail 3.75 inches. 



Colours. — Top of head pale brown, marbled with black ; back and limbs 

 pale brown, with irregular undulating transverse bands of black ; tail pale 

 brown, with three longitudinal rows of black spots, below greenish white ; 

 soles of the feet black. 



The specimen from which this description is taken is in the Colonial 

 Museum, but no locality is attached, there can, however, be little doubt but 

 that it comes from New Zealand. 



The loose thick imbricating scales on the back, and the extra inter- 

 fronto-nasal shield, perhaps entitle it to rank as a new gentis, but I have placed 

 it in Mocoa until some naturalist, with greater experience than myself, thinks 

 that it ouarht to be removed. 



