50 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



MOCOA CiERULEOCAUDA, De Vis. 



It may here be convenii^ntly recorded that Mocori ccpruleocaiida, De Vis,''' 

 from Sudest Island. Louisiades, is a synonymn of Lygosoma cyanurum (Lesson). 



DIPL0DACTYLU3 INTERMEDIUS, J. D. Ogilby. 



From the Darling Downs we have received specimens wliich were first 

 referred to Diplodactylus strophurns, D. & B., but on furtlier examination 

 these are thought to be more correctly designated as i>. intermedius, Ogilby/' 

 It is remarkable that WKKiamg^k Ogilby, and Werner refer to Diimeril and 

 Bibron's D. strophiirus as being without tubercles in the caudal region, and this 

 negative characteristic appears in diagnostic tables. This is not in keeping 

 either with the illustration (Plate 32, fig. 1) or the original description by the 

 French herpetologists, as the following extract will show : — ' ' Sur le dessus de 

 la queue, on voit successivement, depuis sa racine jusqu'aux deux tiers de sa 

 longeur, deux rangs transversaux de tubercules, et deux rangs de tres petits 

 grains squammeux ; mais a i:)artir de cet endroit les rangs de grains augmentent 

 •de plus en plus jusqu'a la pointe caudale."^* Ogilby 's D. intermedius is thus 

 more closely allied to D. strophurns than has been noted, but it seems distinguish- 

 able by its yellow tubercles and the black granules which dot both lower and 

 upper surfaces. From D. spinigerus it is marked by its longer snout and more 

 regular series of dorsal tubercles. Dumeril and Bibron's species came from 

 ►shark's Bay, Western Australia, whilst Ogilby records as habitat for intermedius 

 " interior of New South AVales." Boulenger notes (B.M.C., i, p. 300) two 

 specimens of D. stroplinrus from Sydney. I), spinigerus, intermedius, and 

 ■strophurns are undoubtedly closely allied, and some of our southern specimens 

 also show traces of the spines in the supraciliary border which distinguish 

 Boulenger 's D. ciliaris. This tuberculate group thus presents an interesting 

 •example of a small range of variation over a continental area, and perhaps later 

 authorities will prefer to use trinomials for the four species. 



We are indebted to Mrs. Haager for our latest specimens. 



DELMA FRASERI, Gray. 



Two specimens from Port Darwin, donated by ]Mr. Gerald F. Hill, add to 

 "Queensland Museum records of the range of this snake-like lizard. Boulenger 

 in 1885 stated Western Australia as its habitat. ^^ In the Horn Expedition 

 Reports, Lucas and Frost note "All over Australia" as its distribution.-" F. R. 

 Zietz records specimens as taken " from under fallen logs in the ]MacDonnell 

 Ranges."-^ The common Melbourne form has been figured by McCoy.-- In 

 1888 De Vis described two closely allied Queensland species, Belma tincta and 

 pleheia,^^ w^hich were separated on very slender grounds from D. fraseri. 



1* Annals Queensland Museum, ii, 1892, p. 12. 

 1' Ogilby, Rec. Aus. Mus., ii, 1892, p. 10. 

 " Dum. & Bibr., Erp. Gen., iii, 1836, p. 398. 

 " Brit. Mus. Catalogue, i, p. 244. 



20 Horn Exped. Zool., ii, p. 125, 1896. 



21 Proc. Roy. Soc. South Aus., xxxviii, p. 442, 1914. 



22 Prod. Zool. Vic, dec. xvi, pi. 153, fig. 1, 1888. 



23 Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S.W., (2) ii, p. 824. 



