148 SCINCIDE. 
5. Tiliqua adelaidensis. 
Cyclodus adelaidensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 232; Strauch, 
Bull. Ac, St. Pétersb. x. 1866, p. 458. 
Snout rather pointed; nasals in contact behind the rostral; 
frontal twice as long as frontoparietals; three supraoculars, second 
largest; five supraciliaries; interparietal as broad as parietals; 
scales on the occiput not differentiated from the nuchals; tempo- 
rals subequal; ear-opening not quite as large as the eye-opening, 
with a single lobule. Scales smooth, 38 to 40 round the middle of 
the body, ventrals largest. Fore limb slightly shorter than the 
head, its length contained twice and three fourths in the distance 
between axilla and groin. Tail a little shorter than the body, 
feebly compressed. Pale greyish brown above, with irregular 
darker spots ; limbs and tail reddish; belly whitish, with greyish 
longitudinal lines between the series of scales. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 117 Fore limb.......... 16 
6a) coe sg aeesene erers 18 Hind limb ........ 16 
Width of head .... 12 DO site's sieg hae we is 44 
Body: -. Sci peeeidseay 55 
South Australia (Adelaide). 
a. Hgr,? 8. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 
5. HEMISPH ERIODON. 
Hinulia, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 74, 
Hemispheriodon, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 
Palatine bones in contact on the middle line of the palate. 
Pterygoids toothless. Lateral teeth with rounded crowns, one on 
each side of each jaw enormous, the others small. Eyelids well 
developed, scaly. Tympanum distinct, deeply sunk. Nostril 
pierced in a single nasal; no supranasals; an incomplete series of 
suborbitals ; prafrontals well developed ; frontoparietals and inter- 
parietal distinct. Limbs rather short, pentadactyle ; digits feebly 
compressed, with undivided transverse lamelle infeyiorly. 
Queensland. 
1. Hemispheriodon gerrardii. 
Hinulia gerrardii, Gray, Cat. p. 75. 
Hinulia gerrardii, Gray, Zool. Ereb. § Terr., Rept. pl. ix. 
Hemispheriodon gerrardii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 
Hinulia picta, Macleay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S. Wales, x. 1885, p. 65. 
Head large, distinct from neck; snout obtuse. Frontonasal 
broader than long, in contact with the rostral ; prefrontals forming a 
median suture ; three supraoculars, first smallest ; six supraciliaries ; 
