8. LYGosoMA. 237 
twelve to fourteen cross bands between the head and the base of the 
tail; lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 208 Fore limb ........ 27 
Head............ 24 Hind limb........ 33 
Width of head .... 17 Tail vaea vada ewes 110 
Body scscieawisss 74 
Queensland. 
a. Ad. Port Curtis. G. Krefft, Esq. 
b. Ad. Rockhampton. ee (Types.) 
e. Her. Rockhampton. 
17. Lygosoma monotropis. (Pxrare XIV. fig. 2.) 
Habit lacertiform, limbs rather short; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and one third 
to once and a half in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 
short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single 
nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal a little broader than long, forming 
a narrow suture with the rostral and with the frontal; latter as long 
as or a little longer than frontoparietals and parietals together, in 
contact with the three anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars ; 
eight supraciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, equal 
in length; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
no regular nuchals; three enlarged scales on each side border the 
parietals ; sixth and seventh upper labials below the eye. Ear- 
opening suboval, much smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular 
denticulation. 28 or 830 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals 
largest and obtusely unicarinate, the keels forming continuous lines 
along the back and tail. A pair of enlarged preanals. The ad- 
pressed limbs meet or overlap. Digits rather short, compressed ; 
subdigital lamella smooth, divided, 22 to 26 under the fourth toe. 
Tail very thick. Pale brown above, with broad dark brown trans- 
verse bands, nine or ten between the head and the base of the tail ; 
lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 178 Fore limb ........ 21 
Head ........--. 18 Hind limb........ 30 
Width of head.... 12 Tail (reproduced)... 95 
BOd¥ sig cee geai ees 65 
North-western Australia. 
a-b. Ad. & yg. Champion Bay. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 
c. Ad. W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 
18. Lygosoma fasciatum. (Prare XV. fig. 2.) 
Hinulia fasciata, Gray, Cat. p. 75. 
Lygosoma (Hinulia) fasciatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 583. 
Body elongate, limbs rather short ; the distance between the end 
