BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 



HETEROPUS EOSTRALIS, N.S. 



The posterior nuchal scales with o very obtuse keels which 

 grow more distinct on the back and vanish on the tail. Kar 

 orifice small, semicircular, with 8 free scales on its f()re-ed<)fe, 

 the upper one much the largest, and a se]-ies of smaller ones 

 round its circuit. Scale rows 82. Labials ^, the fifth upper 

 one the largest, and under the orbit. Second and third post- 

 mentals subequal. Tail moderate. 



Length of the head ... 1'55 Length between the limbs 2*55 



gape ... 1*05 ,, of hind limb ... 3*35 



„ „ trunk ... 4-fi5 „ fore limb 2-15 



tail 8-20 Breadth of head 1.00 



Above shining olive-brown, uniform. A short pale line on the 

 edge of the neck above a rather broad dark stripe from the ear 

 to the shoulder. Beneath pale bluish-brown on the tail and 

 limbs, becoming pure pale-blue on the throat, upper lip, and 

 rostral shield. 



Locality, Card well. 



HETEROPUS SEXDENTATUS, Macleay. 



"Head sliort, the supraorbital regions rather elevated; nostril 

 in the middle of the nasal plate ; fifth upper labial largest ; 

 other head plates as in the last described species. Ear openings 

 oblongovate, with six denticulations in front. Legs, moderate ; 

 toes, elongate ; scales indistinctly tricarinated, those on the 

 back in 8 series. Tail, fine tapering, a little longer than the body. 

 Colour, olive-brown above and greenish-white beneath. The 

 scales of the back and sides have their lateral angles tipped with 

 dark-brown, which gives the appearance of a number of dark 

 longitudinal lines. Length, t) inches. Cape Grenville." Proc. 

 Lin. Soc, N.S.W., ii, 67. 



HETEROPUS RHOMBOIDALIS, Peters. 



" Scales smooth or very indistinctly 5 keeled, in 32 longitu- 

 dinal rows, ear orifice round, moderate, with one projecting 

 scale in front, nasal entirely lateral, internasal nearly twice as 

 broad as long, prefrontal divided, frontal truncated before and 

 behind. The entii-e frontoparietal united with the interparietal 

 into a single rhomboidal shield, besides the 4 supraorbitals a 

 small fifth one behind. The transparent disk of the lower 

 eyelid large, 7 supi-alabials of which the fifth and largest is 

 under the eye. The fore limb reaches to the front edge of the 

 eye, the hinder with the fourth toe to the armpit, above brown 

 with an ill-defined black band on either side beginning at the 

 ear orifice ; on either side of the back a row of black specks, 



