348 SCINCID.E. 
F, Var. quinqueteniatus, Gthr.—22 scales round the body. Four 
anterior labials. Black above, with five narrow light longitu- 
dinal lines; limbs light-dotted. 
6-e. Ad, West coast of Africa, Capt. Parry [P.]. (Types 
of A. quinqueteniatus,) 
G. Var. cognatus, Boettg.—22 scales round the body. Three labials 
anterior to the subocular. Coloration as in var. peronit. 
Nossi Bé, Madagascar. 
2. Ablepharus lineo-ocellatus, 
Cryptoblepharus lineo-ocellatus, Gray, Cat. p. 65, 
Morethia anomalus, Gray, J. ¢. 
Ablepharus lineo-ocellatus, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 817; Strauch, Mél. 
Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1868, p. 569, and Bull. xii. p. 371. 
Cryptoblepharus lineo-ocellatus, Gray, im Grey's Trav. Austr. ii. 
. 427. 
Marethia anomalus, Gray, Zool. Erebus § Terror, Rept. p. 4, pl. v. 
fig. 1. 
roeter anomalus, Strauch, 1. c. pp. 570, 371. 
Morethia anomala, Giinth. Zool. Erebus. & Terror, Rept. p. 10, 
Ablepharus (Morethia) anomalus (adelaidensis), Peters, Mon, Berl, 
Ae. 1874, p. 376. 
Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely sur- 
rounded by a circle of granules. Rostral largely in contact with the 
frontonasal, which is in contact with the frontal; latter nearly as 
long as, but narrower than, the interparietal, which is formed by 
fusion with the frontoparietals ; four supraoculars, second and third 
largest, first and second in contact with the frontal; six supracili- 
aries, third to fifth usually very large, sixth minute; a pair of 
nuchals; four (or five) labials anterior to the subocular; supra- 
nasals sometimes present. ar-opening rather large, oval, with 
one or several projecting small lobules anteriorly. Scales subequal 
in size, 24 to 30 round the middle of the body. Limbs well deve- 
loped, pentadactyle ; the hind limb does not reach the axilla; digits 
obtusely keeled inferiorly. Tail longer than head and body. Olive 
or brownish above, black-spotted, or with light, black-edged ocelli ; 
a more or less strongly marked blackish lateral band, edged below 
by a white black-edged streak which extends from the eye or the 
ear to the groin ; a white black-edged spot or streak between the 
thigh and the tail; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish white. _ 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 108 Fore limb ........ 11 
Headsc.ccecvewss 9 Hind limb........ 17 
Width of head .... 6 Tall gacwaied eas 68 
Body aiwiwscwas es 31 
Australia. 
