KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 52. N:0 /. 5 
an azygous shield intercalated between the chin-shields. Distance from snout to vent 
of the specimen from Atherton 73 mm. The tail has been lost and regenerated. 
Lygosoma rufum BOoULENGER. — ÅA specimen from Mount Tambourine, Oct. 
1912. The only differences of any account which we have been able to discover 
between this specimen and BouLENGER's original description are: 1:o that the number 
of scales round the body are 30 (instead of 32), and 2:o that there are 23 smooth 
lamelle under the fourth toe (instead of 20). In such a case we have not consid- 
ered ourselves entitled to distinguish the single specimen from Queensland with a 
separate name, although the type locality of the species is the Aru Tslands. 
Lygosoma brachysoma n. sp. A member of the Hinulia-group. Body short, 
limbs rather long. The distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb 
is contained only once an a tenth (1'!/10) times in the distance between axilla and 
groin. BSnout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal, 
no supranasal. Frontonasal broader than long forming a broad suture with the 
rostral and a short suture with the frontal. Prefrontals comparatively large. Fron- 
tal a little shorter than frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 
two supraoculars. Four supraoculars, the first largest. Eight superciliaries. Fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal. Parietals forming a short suture be- 
hind the interparietal. Four pairs of enlarged nuchals. Fifth (and sixth) upper 
labial below the centre of the eye. HEar-opening large, oval, but smaller than the 
eye-opening, no auricular lobes. 30 scales round the middle of the body; the scales 
of the back and those of the upper parts of the tail with usually three, very faint 
strie. Dorsal scales larger than ventrals. Two pairs of large preanals, the median 
pairs larger. The adpressed limbs strongly overlap, the hind limb reaching the axilla. 
Toes slender. 20 keeled lamell&e under the fourth toe. Tail rather slender, tapering, 
a little more than once and a third the length of head and body. Dark brown 
above, transversely mottled with blackish and yellowish white. The tail is rather 
regularly barred with dark and pale brown, each bar as a rule occupying a trans- 
verse row of scales. The sides of the body blackish with light transverse spots, 
tending to form bars. Lower parts dirty whitish. 
Head and body 50 mm. 
Tail 68 >» 
Fore limb 16 
Hind limb 23 
A specimen from Atherton, N. Queensland. 
Lygosoma tamburinense n. sp. A member of the Hinulia-group. Body short, 
but slender, limbs moderate. The distance from the end of the snout to the fore 
limb is contained about once and a third times in the distance between axilla and 
groin. Snout very short, obtusely rounded. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 
