398 



A&AMTD^. 



Differs from P. gilherti in the following points : — Nostril a little 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the orbit. Dorsal scales all obliquely 

 directed upwards ; ventral scales larger than dorsals. Two femoral 

 and two prseanal pores on each side. Reddish brown above, head 

 darker ; more or less distinct dark cross bands on the back ; a light 

 band bordering the upper lip and another along each side of the 

 back. 



Total length (tail broken) 215 miUim. 



Head 25 



Width of head 17 



Body 66 



Fore limb 42 



Hind limb 84 



North Australia. 



6. 



Port Essington, Lord Derby [P.J. (Type.) 



Port Essington. Sir J. Richardson [P.].") Types of 



c. c?, bad state. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert [C.]. 



Lophogna- 

 ) thtislabialis. 



4. Physignathus maculilabris. 



Lophognathus maculilabris, Bovieny. Ann. ^ Mag, N. H. (5) xii. 

 1883, p. 226, and Froc, Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 386, pi. xU. 



Differs from P. gilherti in the following points : — Nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout. Gular scales strongly 

 keeled. Dorsal scales all obliquely directed upwards; ventral 

 scales slightly larger than dorsals. No pores ( $ ). Upper surfaces 

 olive, with blackish transverse markings across the back, tail, and 

 limbs ; a broad blackish band from orbit to tympanum, bordered 

 inferiorly by a light band extending to above the fore limb ; lips 

 light- coloured, variegated with blackish ; lower surfaces whitish, 

 dotted all over with blackish. 



Total length 388 millim. 



Head 22 



Width of head 17 



Bedy 76 



Fore limb 46 



Hind limb U4 



Tail 290 



Timor Laut. 

 or-b. $. 



Tunor Laut. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. (Types.) 



5. Fhysignathus lesuenriL 



Physignathus lesueurii, Ch-ay, Cat. p. 248. 

 Lophura lesueurii, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix., Syn. p. GO. 

 Istiurus lesueui'ii, Dum. (^ Bihr. p. 384, pi. xl. 



