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Three of the Geckos, though they are certainly common 

 kinds, and plentifully distributed in the S.E. coast district, do 

 not seem to have been formally recorded from New Guinea, 

 though they are known to have a wide extension in the Western 

 Pacific. These are Gehyra oceanica, Gymnodactylus j)elagicus, 

 and Lejndodactylus luguhris. 



Homolepida englishi was described by DeVis in the Proceedings 

 of this Society, in 1890, from a single specimen obtained from the 

 St. Joseph River. The present example from Fife Bay answers 

 closely to his description. 



Keneuxia siiiaragdina was found by Dr. R. Semon in New 

 Guinea, and also a new species of Skink which was described by 

 Oudemans as Liolepisma semonis in Semon's Zool. Forschungs- 

 reisen, 1894. Of the latter there are two examples from Fife 

 Bay. 



All the other species which are represented in this collection 

 are recorded as Papuan in the British Museum Catalogue of 

 Lizards (Boulenger). 



The complete list is as follows : — 



Geckonid^ — 



Gehyra oceanica, Lesson, 

 G. variegata, D. & B. 

 Gecko vittatus, Houtt. 

 Gymnodactylus pelagicus, Gir. 

 Lepidodactylus luguhris, D. & B. 



AOAMIDiE. 



Gonyocephalus papuensis, Macleay. 

 Varanid^. 



Faranus indicus, Daudin. 



SCINCID^. 



Keneuxia smaragdina, Boettger. 

 Homolepida englishi, DeVis. 

 Liolejnsma virens, Peters. 

 L. fuscum, D. & B. 



