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were found five nearly fullgrown eggs measuring 12 mm. 

 by 7,5 ram. 



8. Varanus timorensis Gray. 



One specimen from Timor, another from Rotti. 



9. Lygosoma jlorense Weber. 



In Dr. ten Kate's collection there are 11 specimens of 

 this species from Groot- Bastaard , one specimen from La- 

 rantoeka in Flores , and 2 specimens from Adoenara. All 

 these specimens agree in the presence of 5 to 6 auricular 

 lobes, in having only one loreal shield behind the nasal, 

 in having the frontonasal nearly twice as broad as long 

 and in having a straight broad suture between the rostral 

 and the frontonasal (in some specimens the forepart of 

 the frontonasal forms even a convex line). In all our spe- 

 cimens the frontal is in contact with four supraoculars , 

 the first supraocular never being twice as long as the 

 second one. Subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe 27 

 to 29 in number, 44 to 50 series of scales round the 

 body. There are some specimens which have the supraor- 

 bital region much swollen , in others that region is almost 

 flat; some specimens have a black throat, in others the 

 scales below the head are more or less spotted with black, 

 in still others there is no black at all , the throat being of 

 the same colour as the belly '). 



This species was already represented in our collections 

 by several specimens collected by Muller and Macklot in 

 the islands of Timor and Samao, and were labelled Scin- 

 cus melanopoqon n. sp. 



Dumeril and Bibron's species Lygosoma melanopogon 

 comprises three species of the more recent authors viz. L. 

 variegatum Ptrs , L. Meyeri Doria and L. jlorense Weber. 

 The two latter species occur or at least used to occur in 

 the islands of the Timor group as we have in our collec- 

 tions also specimens of L. variegatum captured by Muller 



1) Prof. M. Weber had the kindness to compare one of our specimens with 

 his types. 



Jifotes from the Leyden Mluseum, Vol. XVI. 



