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^-DESCRIPTION OF ABLEPIIAIiUS FROM 
AUSTRALIA. 
By J. Douglas Ogilby, 
Ablepiiarus boulengeri, sp . nov .* 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is rather less than one-half the distance between 
the axilla and groin. Head small; snout moderate, obtuse; 
rostral not projecting. Eye incompletely surrounded by granules. 
Nostril pierced in a nasal; supra-nasals present. Eronto-nasal 
large, forming a narrow suture with the rostral and a slightly 
broader one with the frontal ; pre-frontals small ; frontal penta- 
gonal, forming a rounded angle posteriorly, not so long as the 
fronto-parietal and inter-parietal together, much larger than the 
prefrontals, and in contact with the two anterior supra-oeulars ; 
four supra-oculars, the second much the largest ; six supra, -ciliaries, 
the first large the last minute ; fronto-parietal single, cordiform, 
followed by a moderate inter-parietal ; parietals forming a median 
suture behind the inter-parietal ; a pair of enlarged nuchals on 
either side ; fifth upper labial beneath the eye, much larger than 
the others. Ear-opening large, oval, oblique, with no distinct 
anterior lobules. Thirty smooth scales round the middle of the 
body. Limbs moderately developed, pentadactyle ; the adpressed 
limbs do not meet ; subdigital lamelhe sixteen beneath the fourth 
toe. Tail not quite so long as head and body. Colours — Bronzy 
above, each of the scales of the back with a dull blackish spot, 
which on either side of the vertebral column form an indistinct 
darker band ; tail without spots ; a pale salmon-colored lateral 
band extending from the angle of the mouth, through the ear- 
opening, and passing above the fore limb to the groin, bordered 
above by a broader, below by a narrower black band ; lips and 
cheeks freckled with black ; upper surface of the limbs bronzy, 
with lighter and darker spots ; louver sides of head and body 
white tinted with green, of tail salmon color, the last fifth silvery, 
spotted with black. 
Inches. 
Mill ini. 
Total length ... 
3*57 
90 
Length of head 
0-33 
8 
Width of head 
0-24 
6 
Length of body 
1-52 
38 
Length of fore limb... 
040 
9 
Length of hind limb 
0-65 
16 
Length of tail 
1-72 
44 
The beautiful Lizard described above is another of Mr. McCooey’s 
discoveries at Brawlin. I have taken the liberty of dedicating 
