8. LyGosoma. 273 
and one fourth to once and two thirds as long as head and body. 
Brown or olive above, with a more or less regular, black-edged, light 
dorso-lateral streak; back uniform, or spotted with blackish and 
yellowish, or with three dark brown black-edged longitudinal lines ; 
usually a yellowish, black-edged streak on the upper lip to the ear, 
another from the ear to the groin, a third on the anterior face of the 
fore limb, and a fourth on the hinder side of the hind limb; lower 
surfaces yellowish, greyish, or pale olive, uniform or black-spotted. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 176 Fore limb ........ 18 
Head oe acer etale, tg 13 Hind limb........ 26 
Width of head .... 9 MPa ganas tees 102 
Body........... » 61 
New Zealand. 
a. Ad. Cook’s Straits. Sir R. Owen [P.]. (Type of 
Tiliqua zelandica.) 
b-c. Ad. & her. Wellington. H.MLS. ‘ Challenger,’ 
d,e. Ad. N. Zealand. Capt. Drury [P.]. 
f-g. Ad. N. Zealand. Lord Derby [P. }. 
A-t. Ad, N. Zealand. E. 8. Ellisdon, Esq. [P.]. 
k. Ad, N. Zealand. Smithsonian Institution [P.]. 
i, Ad. N. Zealand. J. Macgillivray, Esq. rod 
m,n-o. Ad. N. Zealand. 
p. Ad. —?P Trustees of the College of 
Surgeons [P.]. (Type of 
Mocoa owenit.) 
g-r. Ad. & her. —? 
65. Lygosoma lineo-ocellatum. 
Lygosoma lineo-ocellata, A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p. 169; Peters, 
Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 745. 
Mocoa zealandica, part., Giinth. Zool. Ereb. §& Terr., Rept. p. 18. 
Very closely allied to LZ. moco. Larger, stouter. Cy 
Rostral slightly broader than deep, more produced 
superiorly. 32 to 36 scales round the body. Colora- 
tion very similar to that of Chalcides ocellatus. Back 
pale brown or greyish olive, with small black spots 
or ocelli with white centre; a more or less marked 
whitish dorso-lateral band, beginning on the nape; Front and upper 
sides variegated with blackish, or blackish dotted with views of snout, to 
white ; lower surfaces greyish, throat and breast show the form of 
black-spotted. the rostral shield. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 205 Fore limb ........ 25 
Head............ 17 Hind limb........ 32 
Width of head .... 138 Tail ...... veeeee 116 
Body .........005 73 
New Zealand. 
a-d, Ad. & her. N. Zealand. E. 8. Ellisdon, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Ad. ‘N. Zealand. 
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