268 SCINCIDZ. 
58. Lygosoma challengeri. (Pirate XIX. fig. 3.) 
Habit lacertiform. The distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and one fourth or once and one 
fifth in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 
in the nasal, which is quite lateral; no supranasal; frontonasal 
broader than long, forming a very broad suture with the rostral and 
a narrower one with the frontal; the width of the suture between 
rostral and frontonasal equals the width of the frontal; latter shield 
as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 
the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; 
seven supraciliaries; frontoparietals distinct, a little longer than 
the interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 
parietal; a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border the 
parietals ; fourth upper labial largest and entering the orbit. Ear- 
opening oval, a little larger than the transparent palpebral disk. 
26 smooth scales round the middle of the body; dorsals largest. 
Preanals not or scarcely enlarged. The hind limb reaches the 
wrist. Digits cylindrical; subdigital lamellz: smooth, 24 under the 
fourth toe. Tail about once and a half the length of head and body. 
Coppery brown above, with black and yellowish spots; a small 
yellowish-white spot at the base of the thigh; yellowish white 
inferiorly, spotted with brown. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 124 Fore limb ........ 15 
i 5 1: (0 Ueda etree eres 12 Hind limb........ 20 
Width ofhead .... 8 Daa aie-iasies. sees eeers 75 
Body ...-.seeeeee 37 
Queensland. 
a-b. Ad. & hg. Queensland. H.MSS. ‘Challenger.’ 
59. Lygosoma cupreum. (Prats XX. fig. 2.) 
Mocoa cuprea, Gray, Cat. p. 83. 
Ablepharus cupreus, Gray, Ann. N, H. ii. 1889, p. 835. 
Habit lacertiform, rather stout; the distance between the end of 
the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths in the 
distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower 
eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the 
nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a 
suture with the rostral, and in contact with the anterior angle of 
the frontal; latter shield shorter than frontoparietals and inter- 
parietal together, in contact with the first supraocular; three 
supraoculars, first larger than the two others together; seven or 
eight supraciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 
latter smallest ; parietals forming a short suture behind the inter- 
parietal ; three pairs of nuchals ; fifth or sixth upper labial entering 
the orbit. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening, without 
