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very fine keels or striae. Tail, twice the length of the body. 

 Toes, elongate and unequal. Colour, above uniform brown, 

 beneath yellowish white. 



Length, 16 inches. 



Several specimens were procured at Darnley Island. 



26. — EUPREPIS SUBMETALLICUS. 



Body and head, flat ; supra-nasal plates distinct ; fronto-nasals 

 not contiguous ; supraorbitals and fron to-parietal, as in the last 

 species. No interparietal. Fifth upper labial largest. Ear 

 openings small, oval, and slightly denticulated in front. Scales, 

 indistinctly tricarinated, those on the back in 8 or 10 series. 

 Toes, elongate. Tail, not longer than the body. Colour, 

 above, bronzy green, mottled with black, and with a broad black 

 mark along each side, immediately beneath a light streak, which 

 extends from the muzzle above the eye ; beneath, greenish 

 white. 



Length, about 7 inches. 



One specimen, from Hall Sound. 



27. — EUPREPIS SIMILLIMUS. 



In the shape of the head, and disposition of the plates, this 

 species resembles Euprepis longicaudis, excepting that the fronto- 

 nasals are not contiguous, and the supraorbital regions are more 

 elevated. Ear openings oval, and denticulated in front. Legs, 

 long and slender ; toes, elongate. Tail, about twice the length 

 of the body. Scales, very indistinctly keeled or striated. 

 General form, long, and very slender. Colour, above mottled 

 greenish brown, beneath blueish white, with black spots on the 

 sides of the head and body, and on the feet. 



Length, 8 inches. 



One specimen from Katow. 



Note on Monacanthus Cheverti, Alleyne and M'Leay. 

 By W. Macleat, F.L.S. 



In the proceedings of this Society, vol. 1, page 335, Dr. 

 Alleyne and I, in a joint paper, on the Fishes taken during the 



