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19. LlOPHKYNE KAMPENI, sp. D. (PI. XXVII. figS. 4, 4 a.) 



Tongue large, covering the whole floor of the mouth, grooved and nicked beliind. 

 Two long oblique series of vomero-palatine teeth behind the choanse. Head much 

 broader than long ; snout shorter than the orbit, rounded, with obtuse canthus and 

 oblique, concave loreal region ; nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum about half the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes moderately elongate, the tips dilated into 

 small disks ; first finger shorter than second ; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles 

 feebly prominent. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder. Uniform dark 

 brown above, pale brown beneath. 



From snout to vent 58 mm. 



A single specimen from the Mimika 1\. (B. O. U. Exped.). 



EEPTILIA. 



CHELONIA. 



ChELYDID.(E. 



1. Emydura subglobosa KrefFt. 



Two specimens from Mimika E. (B. O. U. Exped.). — Three from Launch Camp, 

 Setekwa R. (Wollaston Exped.). 



lutergular shield Ij to 2 times as long as broad, its width :| to 1^ times that of 

 gular. Nuchal 1| to 2J times as long as broad, absent in one specimen. Width 

 of bridge 2f to 3^ times in length of plastron. A sharply defined yellow streak from 

 the end of the snout, through the eye, to above the tympanum. 



2. Emi'Dura NoViE-GUiNE^ Meyer. 



Four specimens from Mimika R. (B. O. U. Exped.). — Three from Launch Camp, 

 Setekwa R., and one from Canoe Camp, Setekwa R. ("Wollaston Exped.). — I have also 

 examined one from Fak-Fak, Dutch New Guinea (collected by A. E. Fratt). 



Intergular shield If to 3J times as long as broad, its width 1 to 2^ times that 

 of gular. Nuchal 1 ^ to 2 times as long as broad, absent in one specimen. Width of 

 bridge 3 times in length of plastron. A more or less distinct yellowish streak from 

 behind the eye to above the tympanum, uniting with its fellow on the snout in front 

 of the interorbital region, but not extending to the nostril. A black spot on each 

 vertebral and costal shield. 



The specimen from Canoe Camp, Setekwa R., was found by Mr. Kloss to contain 

 three eggs : longitudinal diameter 55 mm., transverse diameter 30. 



Dr. Nelly de Rooy's identification of a male specimen as E. macqiiarice Gray (Nova 



