14 L. G. ANDERSSON, CATAL. OF LINNEAN TYPE-SPECIMENS OF REPTILIA. 



At present there is no specimen which bears the Drott- 

 ningholm label, nor any, labeled by Quensel, but it is pos- 

 sible that the Linnean type is to be found among the seve- 

 ral lizards, labeled »(recfco» by Dalman, and which we find 

 from the old collections, belonging to the species Gecko ver- 

 ticillatus Laur. and Gecko vittatus Houtt. 



Lacerta bärbara. 



Linnaäus in Amoen. acad, Tom. I, N:o XI, p. 294, N:o 21; Mus. 

 Ad. Frid. /, p. 46, 



In Systema Naturce Linnseus changes this name to Lacerta 

 aurata, and Quensel has recorded tbree specimens with this 

 name, all of which should be from Mus. Drottnh. At pre- 

 sent there are two specimens (in the same jar) marked '>La- 

 certa aurata:» on a label, written by Quensel, beside which we 

 find a third specimen marked Lacerta on a printed label and 

 also provided with a label from Dalman signed: »Scincus 

 aiiratus?» I believe for certain that these specimens are those, 

 mentioned by Quensel as being from Mus. Drottnh. Of the 

 two first mentioned one is a Mahuia aurata (Schneid.), the 

 other Mahuia homalocephala (Wiegm.), and the third is a 

 Mahuia multifasciata (Kuhl.). Lönnberg says that the type 

 for Linnseus description in Amoen. Acad. is a Mahuia septem- 

 tceniata (Reuss), which thus first of all ought to bear the 

 Linnean name. It is easy to understand that Linnseus did 

 not state the species of the genus Mabuia, di stinguished with 

 difficulty, as distinct species. 



Lönnberg thinks that Linn8eus's name harhara should be 

 maintained. As shown above, my opinion is that the name 

 aurata is preferable, though then this name, given by Schnei- 

 der to a species from South America (See Boul. cat. Liz. III, 

 p. 188) must be taken from this one, which then, according 

 to the synonymy in Boulenger's catalogue, ought to be cal- 

 led Mahuia histriata (Spix). 



M. multifasciata. Total length 335 mm.; length of the body (to 

 the vent) 123 mm. 



M. aurata (Schneid.) = M. bistriata (Spix). Total length 127 mm. 

 (The tail mutilated); length af the body (to the vent) 73 mm. 



M. homalocephala. Total length 184 mm.; length of the body (to 

 the vent) 90 mm. 



