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Calofes cristatellus, Kuhl. 



The range of this lizard extends from the Malay Penin- 

 sula to the Moluccas and Tenimber Islands. 



Lygosoma striolatum, M. Weber. 



Two specimens were obtained by Mr. Walker: one has 

 40 scales round the body, like the type from Flores, the 

 other 42. In the specimen with 40 series of scales the 

 prefrontals are fused, the median suture having entirely 

 disappeared. In both the first supraocular is considerably 

 longer than the second. 



Lygosoma fuscum, D. & B. 



So far as we know at present, Damma Island is on the 

 western limit of the distribution of this lizard, which 

 inhabits the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Northern Queens- 

 land. 



Ablepharus Boutonii, vax.furcata, M. Weber. 



Three specimens of this well-marked variety : two with 

 24 scales round the body, the third with 26 ; all three with 

 four upper labials anterior to the subocular and the charac- 

 teristic coloration so well described by Prof. Weber; the 

 stripes, however, instead of being white, are golden. Total 

 length 77 millim. 



LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS. 



By Edgar A. Smith. 



The collection of land and freshwater shells, although small 

 has a special interest, being the first which has been received 

 from Damma Island. It consists of seven species of land- 

 shells (one operculate and six non-operculate), a JSfen'tina, a 

 Septaria, and a Cassidula. Four of the non-operculate terres- 

 trial species are certainly new, and belong to the genera 

 Macrochlamys, Xesta, Cldoritis, and Eulota. The species 

 belonging to these groups are, generally speaking, restricted in 

 their distribution, although the genera themselves may have a 

 fairly wider range. On the contrary, the sixth non-operculate 

 species belongs to the genus Opeas, the species of which, in 

 some cases at least, are almost cosmopolitan. The opercu- 

 late form, Leptopoma vitreum, is also very widely distributed. 



