9, ABLEPHARUS. 349 
A. (A. lineo-ocellatus, D. & B.).—No supranasals ; 24 or 26 scales 
round the middle of the body. A more or less distinct light 
band on each side of the back frequently present; more or less 
distinct ocelli are usually present on the back, and constantly 
on the base of the tail. 
a, Many spec. Swan River. 
B. Var. anomalus, Gray—Supranasals present. 26 scales round 
the body. Coloration as in the preceding. 
b-c, Ad. W. Australia. My. Gilbert [C.]. 
(Types of Morethia anomala.) 
df, Ad. Kangaroo Island. Zoological Society. 
C. Var. adelaidensis, Ptrs.—Supranasals present. 28 or 30 scales 
round the body. No ocelli on the back or tail, but black spots 
sometimes confluent into longitudinal dorsal bands. 
g-h. Ad. 8. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
im. Ad. Sandhurst, Victoria. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
n. Her. Rockhampton, Queensland. 
3. Ablepharus teniopleurus. © 
Ablepharus (Morethia) teeniopleurus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, 
p. 376. 
General proportions and head-shields as in A. lineo-ocellatus, 
but head, body, and tail much more depressed. Supranasals present. 
Ear-opening roundish, without projecting lobules. 26 scales round 
the body. Olive-green above; a white lateral line, beginning on 
the canthus rostralis, edged below by a broad black band beginning 
on the loreal region; another white streak below the black band, 
beginning on the lip and extending to the groin; limbs and tail 
plack-dotted ; lower surfaces white. ' 
Total length 90 millim., from snout to vent 33. 
Port Bowen, N.E. Australia. 
4, Ablepharus? speciosus. 
Blepharactisis speciosa, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 484. 
Fingers and toes four. Frontal small; frontoparietals and 
interparietal united into a single large shield. Colour dark olive 
above, with two dark lateral stripes, one on each side. 
Total length 39 millim., head and body 17. 
Nicaragua. 
5. Ablepharus greyi. 
Menetia greyii, Gray, Cat. p. 66. 
Menetia greyii, Gray, Zool. Erebus § Terror, Rept. pl. v. fig. 4. 
Head very smal}; spout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. 
