334 \ SCINCIDE. 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, obtusely 
conical. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 
pierced in a rather large nasal, which is in contact with its fellow ; 
frontonasal large, broadly in contact with the rostral; prefrontals 
small and widely separated; frontal broader than the supraocular 
region, longer than frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 
contact with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars, 
second largest, fourth very small; six supraciliaries ; frontoparictals 
and interparietal distinct, subequal; parietals forming a suture 
behind the interparietal ; two to four pairs of nuchals; fifth upper 
labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening minute, not or scarcely 
larger than the nostril. 22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle 
of the body ; dorsals largest. A pair of large preanals. The length 
of the hind limb equals the distance between the nostril and the 
fore limb ; toes slender, slightly compressed, fourth much longer than 
third; subdigital lamella feebly keeled, 15 to 18 under the fourth 
toe. Tail thick, slightly longer than head and body. Greyish 
above, with blackish dots or short lines along the series of scales; a 
black lateral band, passing through the eye; flanks white, black- 
dotted ; lower surfaces white. 
millim millim. 
Total length ...... 135 Fore limb ........ 
PRO Rd) se eaeurstratars 9 Hind limb........ 14 
Width of head .... 6 Tail. oe isca.a een 72 
BOA sie weuace wes 54 
South Australia. 
a, Ad. 8. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. (Type of 
L. laterale.) 
6. Ad. Kangaroo Island. 
ce. Ad. —?P 
145. Lygosoma fragile. (Prarz XXVII. fig. 2.) 
Rhodona fragilis, Gééinth. Journ. Mus. Godefroy, xii. 1876, p. 46. 
Body much elongate; limbs very weak, tridactyle. Scaling as in 
L. boungainvillit, except that the frontoparietals are united into a 
single shield and the fourth labial enters the orbit. Ear just distin- 
guishable. 20 scales round the body. Hind limb as long as the 
distance between the eye and the fore limb. Toes very unequal in 
size, third longest. Olive above, with indistinct black lines along 
the series of scales ; sides blackish, this colour being sharply defined 
towards the back ; belly dotted with black. 
‘From snout to vent 48 millim., tail 52. 
Queensland. 
a-b. Bad state. Peak Downs, Museum Godeffroy. (Types.) 
