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Fulakora, Ysabel, with one. In 1895 Boettger separated the rep- 

 resentative of E. cyanogaster in the Halmabera Group of the 

 Moluccas, under the name of sorex. It is very probable that 

 with adequate material a still further division of the species can 

 be made, similar to that proposed for Dasia smaragdinum. Our 

 specimens from the Solomons are very different in appearance 

 from our Papuan specimens, and from Polynesian examples. 

 Unfortunately we need more material before revision can be 

 attempted. 



Emoia nigrum (Hombr. and Jacq.) 



Eumeces niger Hombr. and Jacq., Voy. au Pole Sud (Astrolabe et 



Zelee), 1842, p. 11, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 Lygosoma nigrum Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 3, 1887, p. 297. 



Mann preserved nine specimens at Sikiana in the Stewart 

 Islands, another at the Rubiana Lagoon, New Georgia, and ten 

 at Ugi. None of these specimens shows a lateral band darker 

 than the dorsal coloration. The whole series is very dark brown 

 above, quite unspotted, the belHes are creamy white. Another 

 series of eleven, however, from Wainone Bay, San Cristobal, 

 agree well in squamation, but are more lustrous and have the 

 dorsal surface decorated with many narrow, almost black, wavy 

 cross-bars upon a dark slaty gray field. 



Emoia cyanurum (Lesson) 



Sdncus cyanurus Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., 2, 1830, p. 49, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 Lygosoma cyanurum Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 33, 1887, p. 290. 



Apparently very common. There are about one hundred 

 from Wainone Bay, San Cristobal; seventeen from Auki, Ma- 

 laita; sbc from Ugi; one from Ysabel; and four from Graciosa 

 Bay, Santa Cruz Archipelago. The specimens from Malaita 



