24. PHY8IGNATHTJ8. 397 



two or three prseanal pores on each side. Tail slightly compressed 

 in the adult male, not crested, the scales on the lower surface not 

 larger than those on the upper. Olive-brown above, head and sides 

 darker ; a broad light band along upper and lower lip ; a light band 

 along each side of the back ; young with dark cross bars. 



Total length 468 millim. 



Head 39 „ 



Width of head 29 „ 



Body 84 „ 



Fore limb 50 „ 



Hind limb 106 „ 



Tail 345 „ 



Australia. 



a. c?. Port Essington. Sir J. llichardson [P.]. 



(Type.) 

 h. Yg. Nicol Bay. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. (One 



of the ty^es of Grammutophora temporalis.) 

 c. Yg. N. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



d-f. cJ . Swan River. Mr. Bring [C.]. 



2. Physignathus longirostris. (Plate XXXI. fig. 3.) 



Lophognathus longirostris, Bouleng. Ann. &• Mao. N. H. (5) xii. 

 1883, p. 225. 



Differs from the preceding in the following points : — Snout longer 

 than the distance between the orbit and the posterior border of the 

 tympanum. Dorsal scales all obliquely directed upwards ; ventral 

 scales as large as dorsals. Five to eight femoral and two or three 

 praeanal pores on each side. Olive or reddish brown above ; a light 

 band bordering the lower lip, and another along each side of the 

 back. 



Total length 372 millim. 



Head 27 „ 



Width of head 15 „ 



Body 70 „ 



Fore limb 40 „ 



Hind limb 80 „ 



Tail 275 „ 



North-west Australia. 



«. $ . Champion Bay. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. I .m n 



h-c. Hgr. Nicol Bay. Mr. Duboulay [CJ. f (^ypes-) 



3. Physignathus temporalis. (Plate XXXI. fig. 4.) 



Lophognathus gilberti, part., Oray, Cat. p. 250. 

 Grammatophora temporaUs, part., Oiinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) 



XX. 1867, p. 52. 

 Lophognathus labialis, Bouleng. Ann. &■ May. JSl. H. (6) xii. 1883. 



p. 226. ' 



