8. LyGosoma. 317 
bands varied with trapezoid black, white-edged spots; these black 
spots become confluent on the tail; a smaller, similar band along 
the flanks ; a black, white-edged X-shaped mark on the head. 
millim, millim. 
Total length (tail in- Body cecacwesea kan 16 
jured) caw seven 30 Fore limb ....... . 6 
Head. wskvcveeavas 15 Hind limb ........ 12 
Huilla, Mossamedes. 
121. Lygosoma ornatum. (Prats XXVI. fig. 1.) 
Hinulia ornata, part., Gray, Cat. p. 77. 
Tiliqua ornata, Gray, in Dieffenb. N. Zeal. ii. p. 202. 
Euprepes ornatus, Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 49. 
Habit lacertiform, rather stout; the distance between the end of 
the snout and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once 
and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 
short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; 
no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield as long as fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two ante- 
rior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest; six to eight 
supraciliaries ; frontoparictals distinct, longer than the interparietal ; 
parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; one or two pairs 
of nuchals; fourth or fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 
Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening, without 
projecting lobules. 28 or 30 smooth scales round the middle of the 
body; laterals smallest. No enlarged preanals. The adpressed 
limbs fail to meet, or just meet. Digits subcylindrical; subdigital 
‘lamelle smooth, 18 to 22 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, little 
longer than head and body. Yellowish or reddish brown above, 
each scale with several fine darker lines; sides with dark brown 
and yellowish markings; a yellowish, dark-edged spot below the 
eye ; lower surfaces yellowish, uniform or spotted with brown. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 129 Fore limb ........ 16 
Head occ ea 13 Hind limb ........ 20 
Width of head .... 10 Tail (reproduced) .. 60 
Body sass 51 
New Zealand. 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. N. Zealand. Sir R. Owen [P.]. (Types.) 
c,d. Ad. & yg. N. Zealand. Dr. Sinclair [P.]. 
e-f. H N. Zealand. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 
goh. ve & yg. N. Zealand. Zoological Society. 
