284 ; SCINCIDE. 
Heteropus schmeltzii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 23. 
—— tricarinatus, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 183; Dortu, 1. ¢. 
p. 840; Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 1877, p. 35. 
longipes, Macleay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S. Wales, ii. 1877, p. 66. 
— variegatus, Macleay, 1. c. 
—— quinquecarinatus, Macleay, 1. ¢, p. 67. 
—— sexdentatus, Macleay, 1. c. 
cheverti, Macleay, 1. ¢. 
luctuosus, Peters § Doria, 1. c. p. 364. 
— maculatus, De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl, i. 1885, p. 169. 
—— rubricatus, De Vis, 1. c. p. 170. 
Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and one eighth to once and one 
third 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, 
broadly in contact with the rostral, and usually also with the frontal ; 
latter shield as long as or a little shorter than the frontoparietal, in 
contact with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars ; 
seven to nine supraciliaries; frontoparietal single, followed by a 
small interparietal; parietals forming a median suture; a pair of 
nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals; four, rarely 
five, labials anterior to the subucular. ar-opening oval, as large 
as or a little Jarger than the transparent palpebral disk; auricular 
lobules present, very variable in size and in number, sometimes ob- 
tuse and reduced to one or two, sometimes acute and inserted all 
round the ear-opening ; usually two or three on the anterior border 
only. 32 to 38 scales round the body; dorsals and laterals more 
or less distinctly tri- or quinquecarinate, sometimes almost perfectly 
smooth; laterals a little smaller than dorsals. Preeanal scales 
slightly enlarged. The hind limb usually reaches the axilla, some- 
times not quite so far, sometimes a little beyond. Fingers four, 
toes five; subdigital lamelle smooth, 28 to 33 under the fourth toe. 
Tail once and a half to once and three fourths the length of head 
and body. Brown or olive above, uniform or spotted with blackish 
or greenish, or with a black, light-edged lateral band; sometimes a 
black vertebral line ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 184 Fore limb ........ 22 
Heads. secu Gascon 16 Hind limb........ 36 
Width of head .... 11 Weal. 2g soa sigs gre desi 117 
Bod Yt se ¢sisrser setae ale 51 
Moluccas, New Guinea, Northern Queensland. 
a, Several spec.: Amboina. H.MS. ‘ Challenger.’ 
ad. & yg. 
6. Ad. Amboina. 
ce. Ad. Ceram. Dr. Bleeker. (Type of He- 
teropus leucotenia.) 
d, Ad. Mysol. 
