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spotted variety, but in this the pattern has become un.re 

 detinite and accentuated, and the dorsal stripe more strikmjr. 

 In New South Wales we get commonly an unspotted variety, 

 and moi'e rarely a variegated but not satisfactorily spotted 

 variety." It will appear from this that it is impossible to 

 separate eastern and western examples on colour alone, and 

 while it is equally evident that the presence of a dorsal sti-ipe 

 and spots in eastern examples must be regarded as characters 

 likely to arise quite erratically, and which are not indicative 

 of racial variation, yet in no 'eastern examples are there such 

 accentuated or isolated spots as in western specimens, nor is 

 the dorsal stripe so pronounced, and in the few cases where it 

 does occur, it is genei'ally incomplete. 



1 am indebted to Mr. E. A. Briggs, of the Australian 

 Museum, for the only South Australian specimens I have seen. 

 The four specimens were collected at Narracoorte, in South 

 Australia, near the Victorian border. They all have very 

 accentuated markings on the back, resembling in this respect 

 the specimens from Bathurst, Central Western New South 

 Wales. The markings however are in the form of irregular 

 marmoratioiis, thus differing from the very accentuated mark- 

 ings of var. tiipica, which are disposed in definite bands. In 

 on'e specimen there is a faint, broken indication of a dorsal 

 stripe. The under surfaces are densely reticulated with black. 

 The back is granular and in one example there are a few flat 

 wai'ts. The toes are moderately webbed and fringed, and the 

 fingers resemble those of var. fmnru in being pointed. There 

 is no doubt however that South Australian specimens are much 

 more closely allied to tlie eastern than the western form. 



Mr. H. H. Scott, Curator of the Victoria Museum, Launces- 

 ton, has recently forwarded to the Trustees four fine specimens 

 from Tasmania. They are typically the eastern form, but 

 have verv prominent warts on the back which sometimes form 

 short longitudinal ridges. The upper surfaces are dark 

 purplish-brown and rather indistinctly variegated. In two 

 specimens there is a faint indication of an interrupted dorsal 

 stripe. The under surfaces are faintly and delicately spotted 

 with brown or grey. The toes are i)ut slightly webbed and 

 frineed. 



