328 SCINCIDE. 
a, Ad. Kangaroo Island, 
b, Ad. 8. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. (Type of 
Hemiergis polyleprs. 
136. Lygosoma quadrilineatum. 
Chelomeles quadrilineatus, Gray, Cat. p. 87. 
Chelomeles quadrilineatus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 774; Gray, Zool. 
Ereb. §& Terr., Rept. pl. vi. fig. 2. 
Body much elongate; limbs very weak, didactyle; the distance 
between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice 
and one third to thrice and one fourth in the distance between 
axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an 
undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no 
supranasal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture 
with the rostral; prefrontals in contact or narrowly separated ; 
frontal about as long as and narrower than the interparietal, in 
contact with the first and second supracculars ; four supraoculars ; 
seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, nearly as long as the 
interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
two or three pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial below the centre 
of the eye, from which it is separated by a series of suboculars. 
Ear covered with scales, indicated by a depression. 18 smooth 
scales round the middle of the body; laterals smallest. A pair of 
enlarged preanals. The length of the hind limb equals the distance 
between the commissure of the mouth and the fore limb; second 
toe much longer than first. Tail thick, once and one third to once 
and a half the length of head and body. Pale brown or golden 
above, with black dots, which are larger and form a double series 
along the vertebral line and another one along each side of the 
back ; sides greyish, dotted with darker ; lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 136 Fore limb ........ 6 
Head. .viavaveeees 9 Hind limb........ 10 
Width of head...... 6 Tad) sie rntude ican 7 
Body eecisnns ges 49 
Western Australia. 
a-b, Ad. Swan River. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
c. Many spec. : ad., Houtman’s Abrolhos. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 
her., & yg. 
d, Her. Champion Bay, N.W. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 
Australia. 
137. Lygosoma infralineolatum. (PraTE XXVII. fig. 1.) 
Cophoscincus infralineolatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 166. 
subvittatus, Giinth. 1. c. p. 167. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 
