162 M. G. A. Boulenger on 
Three or four large shields on the temple. Mental large, 
truncate behind. Seven or eight lower labials, very narrow, 
in contact with five or six very large chin-shields, the anterior 
single, the others paired. Behind the parietals four or five 
pairs of large transversely dilated cervical scales. The scales 
of the body largest on the back, smallest on the sides; those 
of the two median dorsal series much the largest, twice as 
broad as long; sixty-five scales on the dorsal line, counted 
from the parietal shields to the base of the tail; thirty-eight 
series of scales round the body. ‘Two large preanal scales. 
The fore limb carried forward does not reach the tip of the 
snout. Basal part of the fingers and toes distinctly dilated, 
with large transverse curved lamelle; sixteen to eighteen 
lamelle under the dilated part of the fourth toe, ayd seven — 
under the compressed distal joint of same. Fourth digit 
slightly longer than fifth. The length of the tibia equals the 
distance between the tip of the snout and the pupil. The 
scales on the humerus and femur smaller than those on the 
forearm and leg. Uniform light olive-brown above, white 
beneath ; head olive above. 
millim. 
MG fallen pHs weak wig, +c eilsies eles s eehe eae epee 155 
POTS Ui bOTWVeM tas... fucye ma ayaa iste: slates eee 57 
lead i(CO lear=Openinon) stare.) srkionas aes kote meee 1 
Wadithtotshead 2.52%. crc 6 isos, saree Aaistepoeie eee 85 
From ear-opening’ to fore limb 9... 50... oe 8 
BONG ATU NAGI ost cone masieerebale! = oie cleleke = te esate 21 
15 Gui b1us0] (eee ean ee Snr nits OF oc 24 
MATS Fash ares oa forse tyne ah wore eee he eee 78 
Several specimens were collected in the Solomon Islands 
(‘Treasury and Santa Anna) by H. B. Guppy, Esq., during 
the expedition of H.M.S. ‘ Lark.’ 
Lthacophorus lateralis, sp. n. 
Vomerine teeth in two smal] oblique series between the 
choane. Snout rounded; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal 
region slightly concave ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout 
than the eye; interorbital space broader than the upper eye- 
lid; tympanum half the diameter of the eye. The three 
outer fingers nearly entirely webbed; toes nearly entirely 
webbed ; disks of fingers and toes smaller than the tympanum ; 
subarticular tubercles not very prominent ; a rather indistinct 
inner metatarsal tubercle. ‘The hind limb being carried for- 
wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 
tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granular on the belly and 
under the thighs ; a fold of the skin bordering the fore limb 
anteriorly. Purplish above, white beneath ; head and back — 
