8. Ly@osoma. 393 
interparictal, which entirely separates the parietals ; latter narrow ; 
three or four pairs of nuchals; fifth and sixth upper labials below 
the eye. ar-opening roundish, much smaller than the eye-opening. 
22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body; laterals 
smallest. No enlarged preanals. Limbs short; the length of the 
hind limb equals or slightly exceeds the distance between the centre 
of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth toe not longer than third, with 
13 or 14 smooth lamelle inferiorly. Tail a little longer than head 
and body. Upper surfaces varying from pale olive to blackish, 
uniform or with some or all of the scales edged with black; lower 
surfaces pale olive, usually largely spotted or marbled with black. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 305 Fore limb ........ 21 
Head id occ gus 24 Hind limb........ 30 
Width of head .... 17 Tay cava caeaewie a 165 
Body se ccg ee eeess ... 116 
South-east Australia and Tasmania. 
a. Ad. Sydney. 
bo. Ad. Tasmania. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 
e-d. Ad. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition. 
ef. Ad. Tasmania. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 
g-m. Ad., hgr., & yg. Tasmania. Dr. Milligan es 
n-q. Ad. & hgr. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 
130. Lygosoma australe. 
Lygosoma australis, Gray, Cat. p. 85. 
Lygosoma australis, Gray, Ann, N. H. ii. 1839, p. 832, and Zool. 
aa ioe ap. pl. vi. fig. 3; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, 
Hinnlia Spuniliven Steind, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxii. 1870, i. p. 842, pl. v. 
Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice 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 narrow suture 
with the rostral; prefrontals meeting with their inner angles, or 
- narrowly separated; frontal longer than the frontoparietals, in 
contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 
seven or cight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, smaller than 
the interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 
parietal ; two or three pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial entering 
the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, a little smaller than the eye- 
opening. 18 or 20 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; 
dorsals largest.. A pair of enlarged preanals. The length of the 
hind limb equals the distance between the centre of the eye and the 
fore limb; fourth toe longer than third, with 21 smooth lamelle 
inferiorly. Tail thick. Pale brown above, with black spots more 
or less confluent into longitudinal lines ; sides closely black-spotted ; 
lower surfaces yellowish. 
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