322 SCINCIDE. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal, which forms 
a suture with its fellow; a. vertical groove behind the nostril; 
frontonasal small, broader than long, largely in contact with the 
frontal, which is as long as the frontoparictals and parietals together 
and in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four supra- 
oculars, first and fourth smallest ; five or six supraciliaries ; fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct, latter at least twice as long as the 
former and entirely separating the parietals ; two or three pairs of 
nuchals ; fifth or sixth upper labial below the centre of the eye, 
sixth or seventh largest. Ear-opening small, subtriangular, with 
a rather indistinct lobule anteriorly. 24 or 26 smooth scales round 
the middle of the body; laterals a little smaller than ventrals, the 
two vertebral series largest. Praeanals not or scarcely enlarged. 
Limbs widely separated when adpressed. Digits short, very slightly 
compressed; third and fourth toes equal; subdigital lamelle tuber- 
cularly keeled, 11 or 12 under the fourth toe. Tailshorter than head 
and body. Brown above, uniform or with a black spot on the centre 
of every other scale; three large black vertical spots on each side of 
the neck ; series of black dots descend from the sides of the head to 
the throat ; lower surfaces yellowish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 182 Fore limb ........ 15 
Head oases eeaecces 16 Hind limb........ 17 
Width of head .... 11 Pally seen gp cee dpe 55 
Body sceis eaeees 61 
North-western Australia. 
a-b, c. Ad. Champion Bay. Mr. Duboulay bet (Types.) 
d-e. Ad. W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [C. ]. 
129, Lygosoma casuarine. 
Omolepida casuarine, Gray, Cat. p. 87. 
Cyclodus casuarine, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 749; Bell, Zool. Beagle, 
' Rept. pl. xv. fig. 3. 
—— (Homolepida) nigricans, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, i 621 *. 
Lygosoma (Lygosoma) miilleri (non Schleg.), Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. 
Freunde, 1878, p. 191. 
Body much elongate; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and a half in the 
distance between axillaand groin. Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower 
eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a rather large nasal, which is 
usually in contact with its fellow ; frontonasal small, broader than 
long; prefrontals usually forming a median suture ; frontal nearly 
as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 
the first and second supraoculars ; three supraoculars, second largest ; 
six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, much shorter than the 
* Type examined. 
