8. Ly@osoma, 285 
e-t. Ad. & yg. WildI., Admiralty H.MLS. ‘Challenger.’ 
Islands. 
k~m, Ad. Islands of Torres Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
Straits. 
n, o-g. Several spec.: Murray Island. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
ad. & yg. 
79. Lygosoma rhomboidale. 
Heteropus rhomboidalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 446. 
? Heteropus rostralis, De Vis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl. 1. 1885, p. 171. 
Closely allied to Z. fuscwm, but the interparietal fused with the 
frontoparietal. Prefrontals separated; one or two obtuse lobules 
on the anterior border of the ear, 32 scales round the middle of 
the body; dorsals indistinctly tricarinate. The hind limb reaches 
the axilla. 25 lamelle under the fourth toe. Coppery brown 
above, some of the scales edged with black; a rather indistinct 
paler line on each side, beginning above the ear, edged below by a 
blackish band; pale olive inferiorly ; throat and lips blue. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 107 Fore limb ........ 17 
Head .. vaccecese ae 11 Hind limb........ 24 
Se Width of head .... 8 PAL )sstercsgeieaa nig 60 
Body vs cise ucscus 36 
Queensland. 
a, Ad, Port Mackay. Museum Godeffroy. (One 
of the types.) 
80. Lygosoma beccarii. 
Heteropus beccarii, Peters § Doria, Ann, Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 
p. 361. 
Allied to Z. fuscum. Preefrontals separated; frontal as long as 
frontoparietal and interparietal together ; eight supraciliaries ; four 
labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening larger than the 
transparent palpebral disk, bordered all round and partly covered 
by long and acute lobules, those on the anterior border the largest. 
38 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals and laterals strongly 
tricarinate. The hind limb reaches the shoulder. 30 lamelle under 
the fourth toe. Bronzy olive above, black-spotted ; a blackish band, 
dotted with greenish, on the side of the neck and of the anterior 
half of the body; the scales on the side of the head black-edged ; 
lower surfaces yellowish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 193 Fore limb ........ 27 
Head wi ger ovis 18 Hind limb........ 42 
Width of head.... 12 Tall. cece ects wae rays 120 
Body a sise8 sees 55 
Ki Islands. 
a, Ad, Ke Daulau. H.M.S. ‘Challenger.’ 
