230 SCINCIDE. 
supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; eight supraciliaries, 
first largest ; frontoparietals distinct, as long as or shorter than the 
interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
three or four pairs of nuchals ; sixth and seventh, or fifth and sixth, 
upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening oval, about 
as large as the eye-opening, with three or four pointed lobules 
anteriorly. 26 or 28 smooth scales round the body, laterals 
smallest, the two vertebral series largest. ‘Two large preanals. 
The hind limb usually reaches the wrist or the elbow. Toes long, 
compressed ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 22 to 24 under the fourth 
toe. Tail not twice as long as head and body. Olive-brown above, 
sides black, white-dotted; a whitish dorso-lateral streak, beginning 
from the supraciliary border; another undulated whitish streak on 
each side, from ear to groin; lower surfaces white. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 145 Fore limb ........ 16 
Head yeiv ncenncea cas 12 Hind limb........ 23 
Width of head .... 8 Pal reacties 92 
Body io sree aes 41 
Western Australia. 
a, Ad. King George’s Sound. 
b-c. Ad. & hgr. Albany. H. Ling Roth, Esq. [P.}. 
_d. Ad, Swan River. (Type of Hinulia greyit.) 
e. Ad, Swan River. 
f. Her. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 
8. Lygosoma quoyi. 
Quoy § Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Zool. pl. xii. fig. 1. 
‘Lygosoma quoyii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 728. 
Hinulia gastrosticta, Giinth. Zool. Ereb, § Terr., Rept. p. 11. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and one fourth to once and a half in 
the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supra- 
nasal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture with 
the rostral; prefrontals forming a median suture or in contact with 
their inner angles ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 
together, in contact with the two or three anterior supraoculars ; 
four supraoculars, usually followed by a very small fifth ; nine supra- 
ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, equal, or latter a 
little shorter than former ; parietals forming a suture behind the 
interparietal; three enlarged shields on each side, bordering the 
parietals ; sixth upper labial largest and below the eye. ar-opening 
oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 36 to 
40 scales round the middle of the body; ventrals largest, laterals 
smallest ; dorsal scales smooth or tricarinate (young). A pair of 
large preanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow. 
