8. Lya@osoma. 269 
projecting lobules. 36 smooth scales round the middle of the body; 
dorsals largest, laterals smallest. Praanals scarcely enlarged. 
The adpressed limbs hardly meet. Digits rather short and thick, 
cylindrical ; subdigital lamell~ smooth, 16 under the fourth toe. 
“ Golden green, mottled with brown, with a narrow pale sinuous 
streak on each side of the back.” 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 132 Fore limb ........ 19 
Headece wate wears 15 Hindlimb........ 25 
Width of head .... 10 Tail (reproduced)... 62 
Body sxsw seis cee 55 
Hab. ——? 
a. Ad. —? (Type.) 
60. Lygosoma lichenigerum. (Prarze XX. fig. 1.) 
Mocoa lichenigera, O’Shaughn. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, 
p. 298. 
Habit lacertiform, rather stout; the distance between the end of 
the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half to once 
and two thirds 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 with the 
frontal; latter shield as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 
together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four 
supraoculars ; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal 
distinct, subequal; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 
parietal; a pair of nuchals; fifth upper labial below the centre of 
the eye. Ear-opening oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening, 
without projecting lobules. 42 smooth scales round the middle of 
the body, median dorsals a little larger than the others. No en- 
larged preeanals. The adpressed limbs hardly meet. Digits rather 
short and thick, cylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 17 or 18 
under the fourth toe. Pale bronzy olive or golden above, dotted 
with dark brown; an undulated dark brown dorso-lateral line ; 
sides variegated with brown; lower surfaces whitish. 
millim, : millim 
Total length ...... 127 Fore limb ........ 19 
Head.......... .. 16 Hind limb........ 25 
Width of head .... 11 Tail (reproduced) .. 53 
Body .........+.- 58 
Lord Howe Island, Australia. 
a, Ad. Lord Howe Island. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
’. Ad. Probably same locality. H.MLS. ‘ Herald.’ 
