8. Lyeosoma. 225 
Fore limb tridactyle; hind limb undi- 
Viled icp ssnn nan sseiwea ens see. 157. verreauxii, p. 342, 
Both pairs of limbs undivided ........ 158, truncatum, p. 348. 
C. Limbs altogether absent; ear co- : 
vered with scales ........ Masato 159. ophioscincus, p. 343. 
1. Lygosoma lesueurii. 
; Hinulia australis, Gray, Cat. p. 77. 
Tiliqua australis, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 291. 
Lygosoma lesueurii, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 738. 
—— australe (non Gray), Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 281. 
—— schomburgkii, Peters, J. ¢. 
Euprepes australis, Steindachn. Novara, Rept. p. 49. 
Meron (Hinulia) pantherinum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, 
p. 89. 
Hinulia spaldingi, Macleay, Proc. Linn, Soc, N.S. W. ii. 1877, p. 63. 
Habit lacertiform, slender; the distance between the end of the 
snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half to twice in the 
distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse; loreal 
region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a 
single nasal; no supranasal; no .postnasal; rostral usually in 
contact with the frontonasal; latter broader than long; prefrontals 
forming a median suture; frontal as long as or a little longer than 
the frontoparietals and parietals together, in contact with the three 
anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars; eight supraciliaries, first 
largest; frontoparietals distinct, as long as or shorter than the 
interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
two to four pairs of nuchals; fifth and sixth, or sixth and seventh 
upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening oval, about 
as large as the eye-opening, the anterior border with a fringe of 
four or five lobules. 24 to 34 smooth scales round the body; 
dorsals, especially the two vertebral series, largest, laterals smallest, 
Two large preanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow 
of the adpressed fore limb. Toes long and slender, compressed ; 
subdigital lamelle feebly unicarinate, 22 to 26 under the fourth toe, 
Tail over twice the length of head and body. Brown or olive 
above, with a black, white-edged vertebral band, and a white, 
black-edged dorso-lateral streak ; sides blackish; with regular series 
of white spots; a white streak from above axilla to groin. The 
ground-colour of the back may be black, with the usual white 
markings. Lower surfaces white. 
oe millim, millim, 
Total length ...... 275 Fore limb ........ 24 
Head 3c asceieg cee 16 Hind limb....... 40 
Width of head .... 10 Tals siled: Gone as ove 190 
BODY @ sve ies ees 69 
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