574 Dr. E. Lonnberg on Reptiles and 



the other hand, a distinct tendency toward Molossine cha- 

 racters; while the ear, in all the essentials of structure, is 

 practically identical with that of some of the species of Nycti- 

 nomus. Probably the questions suggested by this combination 

 of peculiarities can onlj- be answered after detailed study of 

 the skeleton. 



The type specimen will be presented by Mr. Thomas to 

 the British Museum* and the spirit-specimen from Chosica 

 to the United States National Museum. 



LXXV. — Reptiles and Batrachians collected in German New 

 Guinea by the late Dr. Erik Nyman. By Dr. ElNAR 

 Lonnberg. 



During his visit to New Guinea last year my late friend, the 

 Swedish botanist Dr. Erik Nyman, made a collection con- 

 taining the following reptiles and batrachians, which were 

 sent home to Upsala. It is not very large, which can easily 

 be understood, as Dr. Nyman laid most stress on making- 

 large botanical collections, in which he succeeded. Never- 

 theless the zoological collection treated of in these pages is of 

 great value, as it includes several forms new to science and 

 also adds to the zoogeographical knowledge. All the speci- 

 mens were collected in German New Guinea. The following 

 geographical names are found on the labels : — 



Stephansort. 



Simbang. — In a bay at the outlet of a river, a missionary 



station on a hill 50 metres above the sea-level. 

 Sattelberg. — A missionary station about 800 metres above 



the sea. 

 Friedrich Wilhelms Hafen. 



Most of the specimens are from Sattelberg. Some of the 

 labels had, however, fallen off during transit. " Sattelberg " 

 was written on all except one, on which " Fr. Wilhelms 

 Hafen " was inscribed. Consequently one of the specimens 

 recorded in this paper, for which no exact locality is given, is 

 from Friedrich Wilhelms Hafen, but all the others are from 

 Sattelberg. Jn those instances where the locality is indi- 

 cated it is quite certain, and quoted from an original label 



* [B.M. no. 0. 3. 1. 101.— 0. T.] 



