from Omhaai, East Indian Archipelago. 123 



2. Hemidaetylus Brookii^ Gray. 



I am now convinced that H. Gleadoviiy Murray, cannot be 

 regarded as specifically distinct from H. Brookii, the range of 

 which extends aci'oss tropical Africa to India, Ceylon, Further 

 India, Southern China, and the Malay Archipelago, where it 

 is on record from Borneo, whence the type specimens are 

 stated to have been obtained. 



3. Oehyra mutilaia, Wiegm. 



4. Gecko verttcillatuSf Laur. 



5. Draco timorensi's, Kuhl. 



6. Mahuia multifasciatay Kuhl. 



7. Lygosoma florense, M. Weber. 



8. Lygosoma smaragdinum^ Less. 



9. Ahlepharus Boutom'i, var. furcatuSj M. Weber. 



Snakes. 



10. Lycodon aulicus, L. 



11. Coluber suhradiatus, Schleg. 



It not unfrequently happens that the subocular below the 

 prsBOcular is not separated from the foui'th labial, in which 

 case three labials enter the eye, as in G. enganensis, which 

 differs only in the deeper rostral. We have now eight speci- 

 mens in the British Museum, with the following number of 

 scales and shields : — 



Upper labials Ven- 



entering eye. Scales, trals. Caudala. 



1. c?. Timor. Leyden Mus 4th, 5th 23 233 93 



2. 2 • Atapupu, Timor. Everett. 4th, 6th 23 246 91 



3. $. Ombaai. Everett 3rd, 4th, 6th 23 242 88 



4-?- » j-^-d''4tMth( 23 228 90 



6. Hgr. „ „ 3rd, 4th, 6th 23 226 97 



6. cJ • Sumba. „ 4th, 6th 25 233 102 



^•<f-F>o-- T-'/ttlS' 1 25 248 ? 



8. Hgr. ? Bleeker 4th, 5th 23 230 96 



12. Dendrophis pictuSf Boie. 



13. Naia tripudi'ans, Merr. 



A female specimen uniform brown above and whitish 



