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other ; and also, on the surface^ one has the shields of the back 

 of the shell nearly smooth, and the other covered with close 

 sunken dots. 



The animal is dark slate-coloured above, and paler grey be- 

 neath. There is a broad well-marked white streak from the 

 hinder angle of the mouth, margining the underside of the 

 tympanum and extending nearly to the middle of the base of 

 the front legs; the hind legs have a series of rather large pro- 

 minent scales from the outer side of the knee to the base of the 

 outer toes, which are largest near the toes ; tail short, with two 

 series of shields on the underside^ behind the vent. 



VIII. — Additions to the knowledge of Australian Reptiles and 

 Fishes. By Albert Gunther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



The British Museum has received in the course of the last three 

 or four years various collections of reptiles and fishes from Aus- 

 tralia, and quite recently one made at Champion Bay and Nicol 

 Bay (Western and North-western Australia) by Mr. Duboulay, 

 and two others brought by Hr. Darnel from Cape York and Port 

 Denison. The following notes were made during the arrange- 

 ment of these specimens ; and, besides the new species, only 

 those are mentioned which were either previously desiderata in 

 the British Museum, or for which new localities can be given. 



TORTOISES. 



1. Elseija latisternum. 

 See the preceding paper by Dr. Gray. 



LIZARDS. 



2. Odatria punctata (Gray). 

 West and North Australia. 

 Var. timoriensis. Timor, Torres Straits. 



3. Odatria ocellata (Gray) = ?0. tristis (Schleg.). 



West and North-west coast of Australia (Nicol Bay, Du- 

 boulay) . 



Distinguished by the large spines of the tail. 



4. Pygopus lepidopus (Lac). 

 Pygopus squamiceps (Gray). 



Swan River, Champion Bay, Sydney, Van Diemen's Land. 



5. Lijgosoma later ale, sp. n. 



Habit slender ; limbs feeble^ fore limbs equal in length to the 



