336 SCINCID HE. 
frontals small and widely separated; frontal much broader than 
the supraocular region, in contact with the first and second supra- 
oculars and with the interparietal ; supraoculars three, small, second 
largest; six supraciliaries; frontoparietals small, much smaller 
than the interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 
parietal; four pairs of nuchals; fourth upper labial entering the 
orbit. Ear-opening searcely distinguishable. 18 smooth scales 
round the middle of the body; dorsals largest, ventrals smallest. A 
pair of enlarged preanals. Fore limb nearly as long as the snout; 
hind limb as long as the distance between the ear and the fore 
limb; second toe more than twice as long as first. Pale brown 
above, each scale with a black dot, the dots forming six or eight 
longitudinal lines ; head-shields black-edged ; lower surfaces white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 129 Fore limb ........ 3°5 
Head 50; si ares. so 10 Hind limb........ 10 
Width of head .... 6:5 Tail (reproduced)... 44 
Body c.niussicaccew sac 7 
Queensland, Victoria. 
a. Ad. Queensland. (Type.) 
148. Lygosoma lineopunctulatum. 
Rhodona punctata, Gray, Cat. p. 89. 
Rhodona punctata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1839, p. 385. 
Brachystopus lineopunctulatus, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 779. 
Ronia catenulata, Gray, in Grey’s Trav. Austr. ii. p. 487, pl. iv. 
fig. 1. 
Body much elongate ; fore limb reduced to a styliform rudiment, 
hind limb didactyle. Snout cuneiform, with projecting labial edge. 
Eye small. Eyelid with a transparent disk. Nostril pierced in a 
large nasal, which is in contact with its fellow; frontonasal large, 
much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the frontal ; 
prefrontals small and widely separated ; frontal much broader than 
the supraocular region, in contact with the first and second supra- 
oculars ; supraoculars three, small, second largest; five or six supra- 
ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal fused into a single large 
shield, behind which the parietals form a suture; one or two pairs 
of nuchals; fourth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening 
scarcely distinguishable. 20 or 22 smooth scales round the middle 
of the body ; dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged preanals, Fore 
limb about as long as two adjacent scales; hind limb as long as or 
shorter than the distance between the nostril and the fore limb; 
second toe more than twice as long as first. Tail thick, shorter 
than head and body. Pale greyish or brownish above, each scale 
with a dark brown dot; head speckled with dark brown; lower 
surfaces white. 
