94 BARBOUR: ZOOGEOGRAPHY. 



Emoia mivarti (Boulengek). 

 BouLENQER, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 292, pi. 23, fig. 1. 



Type locality: — Admiralty Islands. 



In the shore vegetation just back from sandy beaches, this lizard was gen- 

 erally about equally abundant with E. cyanurum. The collection contains 

 twenty-four from Djamna; nine from Manokwari; thirteen from Sorong; 

 three from Wooi Bay, Jobi Island, and four from Pom, Jobi Island. The first 

 three places are all on Papua, except Djamna, which is on a very near by islet. 



This species was probably long confounded with the true Blue-tailed skink, 

 and for that reason was not described until 1887, though it is both common 

 and conspicuous. 



Emoia atrocostatum (Lesson). 



Lesson, Voy. Coquille. Zool., 1830, 2, p. 50, pi. 4, fig. 3. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, 

 p. 295. 



Type locality: — Oualan, Caroline Island. 



Another widespread and not uncommon species. Of the specimens ex- 

 amined, three came from Sorong, Papua; one from Ansus, and four from Wooi 

 Bay, Jobi Island; one from Saonek, Waigiu Island; and one from Gane, Halma- 

 hera. 



Emoia baudinii (Dumeril et Bibron). 

 DuMERii. ET Bibron, Erpet. gen., 1839, 5, p. 653. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 296. 



Type locality: — New Guinea. 



This lizard, while it is not uncommon in Papua, seems to be rare among 

 the Moluccas. There are two from Wooi Bay, and four from Ansus, Jobi 

 Island; also five from Manokwari, on the Papuan mainland. We did not meet 

 with it elsewhere. When the British museum catalogue was written, there were 

 only two specimens in the collection, both Papuan. Boulenger (Proc. Zool. soc. 

 London, 1897, p. 214) says that the specimen upon which the Celebes record for 

 this species was based is really an E. cyanurum. 



Emoia cyanogaster (Lesson). 



Lesson, Voy/ Coquille. Zool., 1830, 2, p. 47, pi. 3, fig. 3. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, 

 p. 292. 



Type locality: — Oualan, Caroline Islands. 



This species was found to be a rather rare one. One was got at Sorong, 

 Papua, and another at Wooi Bay, Jobi Island. A third comes from German 

 New Guinea by purchase. 



