146 SCINCID2. 
large, obtuse lobules. Scales smooth, laterals a little smaller than 
dorsals and ventrals, 84 to 40 round the middle of the body. Fore 
limb as long as or a little shorter than the head ; its length, in the 
adult, contained from three to four times in the distance between 
axilla and groin. Tail cylindrical, shorter than the body. Yellowish 
or pale brown above, with more or less distinct dark brown cross 
bands ; frequently a dark brown band along the side of the neck, 
sometimes extending to the temple; lower surfaces yellowish, 
uniform or spotted with brown. 
millim. inillim. 
Total length ...... 585 Fore limb ........ 68 
Head. eines ces ces 70 Hind limb........ 67 
Width of head 58 af Uri negra er eater eer 250 
BOY verse eo hoe 265 
Australia ; Tasmania. 
a. Ad. Australia. Capt. White [P.]. (Type.) 
b, Ad. Australia. Zoological Society. 
c-d. Ye. Australia. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 
CFs gy hy A, kh Australia. 
Ad., stuffed. 
i,m. Ad. & her. N. Australian Expedition. J. R. Elsey, sq. er 
n. Ad. Islands of Torres Straits. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. i 
o, Ad, Cape York. 
p. Her. Port Essington. Lord Derby P.). 
g. Ad., stuffed. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 
r. Her. N.S. Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. 
s. Ad. Sydney. Dr. G. Bennett [P.}. 
t-u. Ye. Tasmania. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 
v, wv. Ad. & Tasmania. ; 
her., stuffed. 
y. Ad. ‘ 
z. Skeleton. 
ca U iia al 
Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
3. Tiliqua nigrolutea. 
Cyclodus nigroluteus, Gray, Cat. p. 104. 
Quoy § Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Rept. pl. xi. 
Tiliqua nigroluteus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 68. 
Cyclodus nigroluteus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 750; Strauch, Bull. Ac. 
St Pétersb, x. 1866, p. 457. 
Frontonasal in contact with the rostral, and sometimes also with 
the frontal ; four supraoculars; four or five supraciliaries ; interq,. 
parietal narrower than the parietals; scales on the occiput y 
broader than long ; anterior temporals not larger than the others: 
ear-opening smaller than the eye-opening, with two obtuse lobules. 
28 to 30 scales round the middle of the body, dorsals largest, rather 
rugose. Fore limb as long as or slightly longer than the head, its 
length contained thrice to thrice and a half in the distance between 
axilla and groin. Tail not quite half the length of head and body, 
cylindrical. Brownish or olive above, with large dark brown spots 
