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colour above a minutely dotted grey, beneath yellowish white, 

 each scale having one or more minute brown dots invisible to 

 the naked eye. 



Length, 3 J inches. 



One specimen from Katow. 



30. — Peripia ornata. 



Chin shields numerous, but very small ; labials twelve on each 

 jaw ; pupil elliptical ; toes with five pairs of plates at the 

 extremity, and single plates behind ; tail cylindrical, pointed ; 

 preanal pores 25 in a curved transverse line; colour yellowish grey, 

 prettily marked with numerous irregular wavy bars of brown and 

 yellow, and with a longitudinal band of brown along the side of 

 the head and neck. 



Total length, 3 inches. 



Hab. Port Moresby. 



31. — Peripia longicaudis. 



Form slightly depressed, muzzle obtuse ; chin shields six, the 

 middle pair pentagonal and elongate, the next shields smaller, 

 the outer one on each side small and round ; upper labials nine, 

 lower seven, all becoming smaller from the muzzle backwards ; 

 pupil elliptical ; ear opening oblong ; toes dilated towards the 

 point, with seven short broad divided plates beneath ; claws 

 small ; tail longer than the body, slightly depressed and tapering 

 to a fine point, with the central scale on the under surface large ; 

 colour, pale mottled grey above, yellowish beneath. 



Length, 3| inches. 



Hab. Endeavour River. 



There is a good deal of the character of the genus Gehyra 

 about this species, but Gray's generic descriptions compel a 

 separation. 



32. — Peripia dubia. 



A small round shield between the internasal shields in a 

 depression which extends to the middle of the rostral ; chin shields 

 six or more, the middle pair elongate, the rest getting gradually 



