134 SCINCID A. 
1. EGERNIA. 
Egernia, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 288, and Cat. Liz. p, 105. 
Tropidolopisma, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 744; Gray, Cat. p. 106. 
Hinulia, part., Gray, Cat. p. 74. 
Silubosaurus, Gray, 1. ¢. p. 104. 
Lissolepis, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1872, p. 776. 
Palatine bones not meeting on the middle line of the palate. 
Pterygoid teeth few or absent. Lateral teeth with compressed, 
obtusely tricuspid crowns. Eyelids well developed, scaly. Tym- 
panum distinct, deeply sunk. Nostril pierced in the nasal, which 
may be divided by a vertical groove; no supranasals ; prefrontals 
well developed ; frontoparietals and interparietals distinct. Limbs 
well developed, pentadactyle; digits cylindrical or compressed, 
with transverse lamellee inferiorly. 
Australia. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Tail subcylindrical, longer than the body. 
A. Dorsal and caudal scales smooth. 
24 scales round the middle of the body.... 1. luctuosa, p. 135. 
32 to 40 scales round the body.......... 2. whitit, p. 185. 
B. Dorsal and caudal scales pluricarinate, not spinose. 
'26 to 28 scales round the middle of the 
body ; frontal twice as long as broad, 
much narrower than the second supra- 
ocular ; 6 supraciliaries.............. 3. dorsalis, p. 186. 
28 to 32 scales round the body ; frontal not 
twice as long as broad, as broad as the 
second supraocular; 10 to 12 supra- 
CINATICS: cay ewe y beeen en ee ences 4, major, p. 187. 
28 to 32 scales round the body; frontal 
not twice as long as broad; 7 supra- 
ciliaries ; fifth or sixth upper labial enter- 
ing the orbit: ius semeer asus damema es 5. striolata, p. 138. 
36 to 40 scales round the body.......... 6. kingti, p. 138. 
C. Dorsal and caudal scales unicarinate, 
BPINOSE! ceive ne pede tae was a es 7. cunninghamt, p. 139. 
IJ. Tail much depressed, shorter than the body, spinose. 
Frontonasal in contact with the rostral ; 
upper caudal scales unicuspid ........ 8. stokes, p. 140. 
Nasals in contact behind the rostral; upper 
caudal scales tricuspid .............. 9. depressa, p. 141, 
