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HORN EXPEDITION—REPTILIA. 
Ablephapus, Fitzing. 
(9) Ablepharus houtonii^ Desj. 
Locality. —Palm Creek. 
Distribution. —^Irregularly distributed over the hotter parts of both hemi¬ 
spheres (B.M.C.). 
(10) Ablepharus iineo-oceilatus, D. and B. 
Two specimens. 
Locality. —Reedy Hole. 
Distributioji. —All Australia. 
(11) Ablepharus iineo-oceilatus., var. nijicaudus, L. and F. (Plate X., Fig. 3). 
Differs from type as follows:—Body much depressed. Twenty-eight scales 
round the middle of the body. Nuchals nearly as large as parietals. Colour .— 
Upper surfaces greenish-black, with conspicuous longitudinal white band on either 
side of the back and head, converging in front to meet on the tip of the snout, and 
behind extending to base of tail. Tail and hind limbs red. Under surfaces of 
body bluish-white, of tail reddish. 
Localities. —Goyder River, Bagot’s Creek. 
(12) Ablepharus greyi. Gray. 
One specimen. 
Locality. —Palm Creek. 
Distribution. —Swan River and North-western Australia (B.M.C.), Everard 
Range (Elder Exped.) 
