344 SCINCIDE. 
supraocular; three supraocculars, first largest; five supraciliaries ; 
frontoparietals distinct, a little smaller than the interparietal ; 
parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; two pairs of 
nuchals; ear completely hidden. 22 smooth scales round the 
middle of the body; dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged preanals. 
Tail thick, ending very obtusely, a little shorter than head and body. 
Brownish white; sides and extremity of tail inferiorly blackish ; 
back with lines of blackish dots along the series of scales. 
From snout to vent 75 millim., tail 67. 
Queensland. 
a, Ad.? Gayndah. Museum Godeffroy, 
b. Her. Port Bowen. Museum Godeffroy. 
9. ABLEPHARUS. 
Ablepharus, Fitzing. Verh. Ges. Naturf. Fr, i. 1824, p. 297; Fitzing. 
N. Classif. Rept. p. 26; Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 156; Wiegm. 
Herp. Mex. p. 11; Dum. §& Bibr. v. p. 806; Gray, Cat. Liz. 
p. 68; Strauch, Mél. Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1868, p. 558, and 
Bull. xii. p. 359. 
Lerista, Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p.99; Wiegm. 1. c.; Dum. & 
Bibr. p. 823; Gray, 1. c. p. 66. 
Cryptoblepharus, Wregm. l. c.; Cocteau, Etudes sur les Scincoid. p.1; 
Gray, 1. e. p. 64. 
Morethia, Gray, /. ¢. p. 65. 
Menetia, Gray, 7. ¢. 
Miculia, Gray, l. c. p. 66. 
? Blepharactisis, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 484. 
Panaspis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1868, p. 317. 
Blepharosteres, Stoliczka, Proc, As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 74. 
Phaneropis, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1881, p. 236. 
Palatine and pterygoid bones in contact mesially, the palatal notch 
not extending forwards to between the centre of theeye; pterygoids 
toothless. Maxillary teeth conical. No movable eyelids, a trans- 
parent disk covering the eye. ar distinct or hidden. Nostril 
pierced in the nasal; supranasal present or absent. Limbs more 
or less developed. 
Australia, South-western Asia, South-eastern Europe, Tropical 
and South Africa; one species irregularly distributed over the hotter 
parts of both hemispheres. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Frontoparietals and interparietal united into a single shield. 
A. Fingers and toes five. 
1. Upper eyelid represented by 
three or four larger scales ; 
frontal not half the size of the 
interparietal ........ veveee 1. boutontt, p. 346. 
