8. Ly@osoma. ony 
a, Ad. Tasmania, Dr. Robertson [P.]. 
b-d. Ad. Tasmania, Dr. Milligan [P.]. 
ef. Ad. & yg, Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. (Types 
bad state. of Mocoa pseudocarinata.) 
g. Severalspec. Antarctic Expedition. Lords of the Admiralty [P.]. 
A. Several spec. ——P?P J. Gould, Esq. [C.}. 
zl. Ad. & yg. —-? Lord Derby bo 
70. Lygosoma tricolor. 
Lygosoma tricolor, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Caléd. p. 17. 
Lioscincus steindachnerii, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv, 1873, p. 228, and 
viii. 1881, p. 130. , 
Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb nearly equals that between axilla and groin. Snout 
short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 
Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; a small postnasal 
shield between the frontonasal, the prefrontal, the nasal, and the 
loreal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad suture with 
the rostral and a narrow one with the frontal ; latter shield as long 
as the frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; 
four supraoculars; nine supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; inter- 
parietal distinct; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; fourth 
to sixth upper labials below the eye, from which they are separated 
by a series of small scales. ar-opening a little smaller than the 
eye-opening, without projecting lobules. 40 scales round the middle 
of the body ; laterals smallest, dorsals with three to five feeble keels 
(probably less distinct in the adult). Preeanals not enlarged. The 
hind limb reaches the axilla. Digits subcylindrical; subdigital 
lamelle smooth, 35 under the fourth toe. Tail once and a half the 
length of head and body. Reddish brown above, variegated with 
darker and lighter ; sides blackish brown, white-dotted ; throat and 
sides of belly marbled with black. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 105 Fore limb ........ 14 
Head’ ss < esnaseews 12 Hind limb.....-.. 21 
Width of head .... 7 Patil: -saidserdace nests 62 
Body eauuewieiess 31 
New Caledonia. 
a, Her. N. Caledonia. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
71. Lygosoma variabile*. 
Tropidolepisma variabilis, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Caléd. p. 26. 
Sauroscincus braconnieri, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Freunde, 1879, 
p. 149. 
* Described from the type specimen of Sawroscincus braconnieri in the Berlin 
Museum. 
