REPTILF.S FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA 701 



small paler spots; sides and lower surface of head black; lower 

 parts of body and limbs dirty white, with or without some 

 blackish spots on the breast. 



Total length 19G millim. 



Head 18 



Width of head 13 



Body 58 



Fore limb 27 



Hind limb 40 



Tail 120 



Three specimens from Inawi. 



These lizards are very nearly related to A. fiiscum, of which 

 I should have regarded them as a melanotic variety but for the 

 absence of the interparietal shield. 



32. Lygosoma bicarinatum, Macleay. — Rigo, Aroma, Hula. 

 Varies much in colour , as pointed out by Douglas Ogilby 



(Ree. Austral. Mus. I, 1890, p. 93) who has verified the sug- 

 gestion made by me as to the identity of this species with 

 fleieropus alberlisii, Ptrs. & Dor. 



33. Lygosoma novae-guineae , Meyer. — Rara Bara, Ha veri. 



34. Lygosoma iridescens, Blgr. — Bara Bara. 



A single specimen , differing from the type in having 24 

 scales round the middle of the body, 60 lamellae under the 

 fourth toe , and a well-marked light , dark-edged dorso-lateral 

 streak extending from the supraciliary border to the base of 

 the tail. 



35. Lygosoma mivarti, Blgr. — Bara Bara, Moroka, Inawi. 



36. Lygosoma cyanogaster, Less. — Bara Bara, Haveri. 



37. Lygosoma baudinii, D. & B. — Haveri, Rigo, Aroma, 

 Inawi, Kelesi. 



38. Lygosoma rufescens, Shaw. — Aroma, Haveri, Bara Bara, 

 Hula. 



30 or 32 scales round the middle of the body, some of the 

 vertebral scales sometimes fused, forming an interrupted series 

 of very broad, single scales. 



39. Lygosoma forbesii, Blgr. — Bara Bara. 



