106 



Eev. S. J. Whilmee 



[P.]. 



f-h. S (Sc. 39 ; V. 248 ; Samoa Islands. 



0. 00), $ (Sc. 39; V. 



245; C. 59), & y-. 



(Sc. 39; V. 248; C. 



60). 

 i-m. $ (Sc. 37, 41; V. Coast of Savaii. 



245, 240; 0. 01, 54), 



hgr. (Sc. 40 ; V. 252 ; 



C. 51), & yg. (Sc. 39 ; 



V. 237 ; C. 00). 



B. Pale reddish brown above, with a dark brown vertebral stripe 

 edged with yellow ; uniform yellow beneath. 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee 



[P.]. 



n. Hgr. (Sc. 41 ; V. 235 : 

 C. ?). 



New Hebrides. 



D. McNab, Esq. 



[P.]. 



C. Uniform pale brown or orange above, yellowish beneath. 



o. 5 (Sc. 37 ; V. 244 ; S. Christoval. H.M.S. ' Herald. 



C. 60). 

 p. S (Sc. 37; V. 235; 



C. .P). 

 q. S (Sc. 37; V. 232; 



C. 50). 



r. Hgr. (Sc. 39 ; V. 236 ; 



C 59) 

 s. Yg. (So. 39; V. 235; 



C. 61). 



S. Christoval. Museum of Eco- 



nomic Geology. 

 Southern island of H. B. Guppy, Esq. 

 the Three Sisters, [P-]- 



Solomons. 

 New Hebrides. D. McNab, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Havannah Harbour, Dr. Come [P.]. 

 New Hebrides. 



2. Enygrus bibronii. 



Enygrus bibronii, Somhr. 8c Jacq. Voy. Pule Sud, Zool., Rept. p. 18, 

 pi. i. (1842) ; Dum. ^ JBibr. vi. p. 483 (1844) ; Gray, Cat. p. 105 

 (1849) ; Jan, Icon. Gdn. p. 77, 1. 2, pi. iii. (1861). 



Snout prominent and obliquely truncate ; canthus rostralis 

 rounded. Rostral broader than deep, not visible from above ; 

 head-scales small, irregular, with small tubercles or short keels ; 

 ten to fourteen scales from eye to eye across the forehead ; eye 

 surrounded by a circle of 14 to 18 scales ; 11 to 14 upper labials, 

 separated from the eye by a series of scales. Scales rather strongly 

 keeled, the keels forming straight lines on the back ; 81 to 33 

 scales round the thickest part of the body. Ventrals 210-225 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 50-58. Olive, greenish, or greyish above, 

 with brown, reddish, or black sjwts, which may be confluent into 

 longitudinal bands on the neck ; or reddish brown with black and 

 yellow spots ; a dark stripe on each side of the head behind the 

 eye ; tail with large, dark, black-edged spots separated by narrow 

 yellow interspaces ; lower parts yellowisb, uniform or spotted or 

 marbled with black : usually a black line or series of small spots 

 running along the outer border of the ventrals on the anterior part 

 of the body. 



Total length 1000 millira. ; tail 130. 



San Christoval, Fiji, and Tonga Islands, 



