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Ternate; three from Ambon; one from Piru, Ceram; three from Wahaai, Ceram; 

 five from Patani, Hahnahera; fifteen from Saonek, Waigiu; eight from Sorong, 

 Papua; twelve from Manokwari, Papua; one from Djamna, Papua; three from 

 Jendee, Ron Island, Geelvink Bay, Papua; one each from Pom and Ansus on 

 Jobi Island. An example from Fak Fak, Papua, came in with the A. E. Pratt 

 series. The examples from Jendee differ from all the others in being of a darker 

 color, and in having the dark dorsal line very strongly marked. 



Leiolepisma noctua (Lesson). 



Lesson, Voy. Coquille. Zool., 1830, 2, p. 48, pi. 3, fig. 4. Boulenqer, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, 

 p. 256. 



Type locality: — ■ Oualan, Caroline Island. 



This skink was found but once, at Sorong, northwest New Guinea. It is 



rare in Papua. 



Leiolepisma novae-guineae (Meter). 

 Meyer, Men. Berl. akad., 1874, p. 132. Boulenger, Cat. liaards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 289. 



Type locality: — New Guinea. 



This lizard was met with but once, when seven individuals were taken at 



Lawui, Obi Major Island, Moluccas. It has not been recorded from this island 



previously; and without any specimens from other localities for comparison, 



there is a possibility that these may not be typical examples of the species. They 



seem, however, to agree very well with Boulenger's description. 



Leiolepisma pullum Barbour. 

 Plate 2, fig. 3. 

 Barbour, Proc. Biol. see. Wash., 1911, 24, p. 15. 



The type from Humboldt's Bay, Dutch New Guinea, near the frontier of 

 Kaiser Wilhelmsland, is the only specimen known so far. 



Emoia cyanurum (Lesson). 



Lesson, Voy. Coquille. Zool., 1830, 2, p. 49, pi. 4, fig. 2. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit. Mua., 1887, 3, 

 p. 290. 



Type locality: — Tahiti. 



On account of its sky-blue tail this species is strikingly conspicuous, and thus 

 often appears to be the most common lizard in many places. In reality this is 

 not always the case; L. fuscum, though inconspicuous, is, where it occurs, gen- 

 erally the most plentiful species. The following specimens of this form were 

 preserved: — from Piru, Ceram, two; from Wahaai, Ceram, one; from Saonek, 

 Waigiu, one; from Manokwari, Papua, one; from Djamna, Papua, one; from 

 Jobi Island, Ansus, three, Pom, four, Wool Bay, eleven. Another example comes 

 from near Astrolabe Bay, German New Guinea. 



