8, Lyaosoma. 283 
77. Lygosoma ocellatum. 
Mocoa ocellata, part., Gray, Cat. p. 82. 
Mocoa ocellata, Gray, Zool. Ereb. § Terr., Rept. p. 8, pl. vii. fie. 3. 
Lygosoma hieroglyphicum, A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p. 166; 
oe & Jacq. Voy. Pile Sud (Astrolabe et Zélée), Rept. pl. v. 
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Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and one fourth to once and 
‘three fifths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 
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 usually in contact with the 
anterior angle of the frontal; latter shield as long as and narrower 
than the frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior supra- 
oculars; four supraoculars, second largest; seven or eight supraci- 
liaries ; frontoparietal single; a small interparietal, behind which 
the parietals form a suture; a pair of nuchals and a pair of tem- 
porals border the parietals; sixth and seventh, or seventh and 
eighth, upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening oval, nearly as 
large as the eye-opening, with a few projecting granules or small 
lobules anteriorly. 50 to 54 scales round the middle of the body ; 
dorsals largest and sometimes feebly striated. Marginal preanals 
slightly enlarged. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow. 
Digits cylindrical; subdigital lamelle smooth, 20 to 24 under the 
fourth toe. Tail a little longer than head and body. Pale olive 
above, reticulated with black; sides darker, usually with more or 
less distinct pale olive, black-edged ocelli; greenish or grey infe- 
riorly, sometimes with darker longitudinal lines between the series 
of scales. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 143 Fore limb ........ 19 
Headiiij ses eees 15 Hind limb........ 25 
Width of head .... 10 Tail, save evens 80 
Body .........- . 48 
Tasmania. 
-c, Ad. —-?P J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 
Z Ad. 2 Lord Derby ion (Types.) 
e-t, Ad. Tasmania. Dr. Milligan [P.]. 
k. Her. P 
78. Lygosoma fuscum. 
Heteropus fuscus, Gray, Cat. p. 107. 
Heteropus fuscus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 759; Peters & Doria, Ann. 
Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 359. 
— leucotenia, Bleeker, Naturk. Tijdschr. Nederl, Ind. xxii. 1860, 
. 88. 
aoe schlegelii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1864, p. 57; Doria, Ann. Mus, 
Genova, vi. 1874, p. 341, 
