0 
entirely wanting, leaving the sides blue ; sides of head bluish- 
brown ; labials and chin greyish-white ; throat, abdomen, and 
under surface of tail light greenish-blue, each scale of the hinder 
two-thirds of the latter with a distinct posterior brown margin, 
which becomes more accentuated towards the tip ; limbs blue, 
the outer scales broadly brown-edged, and with an occasional 
orange spot. 
Total length . . . 
Length of head 
Width of head 
Inches. Millim 
5 1 *65 143 
052 ... 13 
0-41 ... 9 
Body . . 
Fore Jiinb 
Hind limb 
Tail ... 
1*88 
48 
0-67 
17 
0-91 
23 
3*25 
82 
The Lizard above described was obtained by Mr. H. J. McCooey 
at Brawlin near Cootamundra, where it does not appear to be 
scarce ; the Museum is indebted to this gentleman for many 
interesting and valuable specimens both zoological and ethno- 
logical, and we have therefore much pleasure in dedicating this 
well marked and interesting species to its discoverer. 
The species belongs to the small section of Dumeriland BibroiVs 
genus Liolepisma , which is characterized by the absence of a fifth 
finger and the conjunction of the fronto-parietals, its nearest ally 
being apparently Mocoa tetradactyla, O’Shaughn. ; the most 
obvious distinctions between the two forms, as taken from 
Mr. Boulenger’s description of O’Shnughnessy’s species and from 
that given above are as follows : — In L. tetradactylum (1) the 
head is much larger, both as to length and breadth, in comparison 
with the body (14 and 10 to 41 against 13 and 9 to ^mm,); 
(2) the prefrontals are in contact ; (3) the frontal is much shorter 
than the fronto-parietal ; (4) the scales have no trace of carination ; 
(5) the non-enlargement of the preanals ; (6) the shorter tail ; 
and (7) the different pattern of coloration. Even, however, 
should future investigation prove Lygosoma maccooeyi to be a. 
handsome variety of L. tetradactylum^ much will have been gained 
by fixing indisputably the habitat of that species ; and should 
this conclusion be arrived at we have little doubt that L. pectorale 
(Ileteropus pectoralis , De Yis) will also have to become a synonym 
of L. tetradactylum , but the description is unfortunately so 
inadequate that it is quite impossible to determine this question 
without an examination of the original type. 
