8. LyGosoma. 229 
6. Lygosoma strauchii. (Prare XII. fig. 3.) 
Habit lacertiform, slender ; the distance between the end of the 
snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds 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; nasals in contact behind 
the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad suture 
with the frontal; latter longer than frontoparietals and parietals 
together, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars; four 
supraoculars; eight supraciliaries, first and last largest; fronto- 
parietals distinct, shorter than the interparietal ; parietals forming a 
suture behind the interparietal; four pairs of nuchals; fourth and 
fifth upper labials below the eye. ar-opening oval, a little larger 
than the eye-opening, with a few rather indistinct lobules anteriorly. 
28 smooth scales round the body; laterals smallest, the two ver- 
tebral series largest. Two large preanals. The hind limb reaches 
the elbow. ‘Toes long and slender, compressed ; subdigital lamelle 
unicarinate, 22 under the fourth toe. Pale brown on the head and 
a broad vertebral zone, black with pale brown and whitish spots on 
the sides; a whitish streak from the supraciliary edge to the tail, 
and another broader one from axilla to groin: a white streak from 
below the nostril 10 above the ear; limbs with black longitudinal 
lines ; lower surfaces white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 123 Fore limb........ 13 
Head ysis sac ae eee 10 Hind limb........ 22 
Width ofhead .... 6 Tail (reproduced).. 78 
Body ...........- 35 
Queensland. 
a. Her. Gayndah. ° Godeffroy Museum. 
7. Lygosoma labillardierii. 
Hinulia greyii, Gray, Cat. p. 76. 
; labillewdieri, a Cat, p. 77. 
Tiliqua labillardieri, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1888, p. 289. 
Lygosoma labillardieri, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 731. 
Hinulia greyii, Gray, Zool. Ereb. § Terr., Rept. pl. x. fig. 3. 
—— labillardieri, Giinth. Zool. Ereb. § Terr., Rept. p. U1. 
Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds to once and 
three fourths 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 post- 
nasal; frontonasal broader than long, narrowly in contact with the 
rostral and broadly with the frontal; latter shorter than fronto- 
parietals and parietals together, in contact with the first and second 
