2. Naultimis rudis. 



Ileteropholis rudis, Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Ver. Brem. vii. 1882, 

 p. 336, pi. xvi. 



Head elongate oviform, very distinct from neck ; eye moderate, 

 the eyelid not distinct inferiorly ; ear-opening small, linear, oblique. 

 Body and limbs moderate. Two lateral folds of the skin, enclosing 

 a groove. Head covered with granular scales intermixed with larger 

 flat scales, largest and most numerous on the snout. Rostral four 

 times as broad as high ; nostril pierced between the first upper 

 labial and three nasals ; ten upper and as many lower labials ; 

 mental three times as broad as high anteriorly, narrowing poste- 

 riorly ; no chin-shields. Back covered with small granular scales, 

 intermixed, especially on the sides, with large roundish, flat or 

 keeled tubercles ; lower surfaces covered with imbricated scales, the 

 throat granular. A large patch of preeanal pores and a single series 

 of femoral pores. Tail cylindrical, covered with irregular scales. 

 Greenish grey above, with irregular longitudinal and transverse 

 purplish bands on the back ; uniform light grey beneath. 



Total length 145 millim. 



From tip of snout to ear-opening . . 17 „ 



Fore limb 20 „ 



Hind limb 26 „ 



Tail 82 „ 



New Zealand. 



