482 Dr. Cantor on the Flora and Fauna of Chusan. 



Canina. Pachydermata. 



Cams sinensis, Auct. Sus (var. sinensis Auctor.). 



Felina. *Eqmcs caballus, Auct. 



Felis domesticus, Auct. asinus. 



*Felis ? RUMINANTIA. 



Edentata. *Capra. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linn. *5os taurus, Auct. 



2. AVESf. 



Passerine. Conirostres. 



Dentirostres. Pyrgita montana, Auct. 



Lanius erythronotus , Vigors. Pastor cristutellus, Temm. 



Dicrurus ballcassius, Vieillot. Pica vulgaris, Auct. 



Tardus merula, Auct. Syndactyles. 



Philedon } Alcedo bengalensis, Gmelin. 



Sylvia hippoldis, Temminck. Grall^. 



Fissirostres. Cultirostres. 



Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. Ardea ? 



3. REPTILIA. 



Chelonia. 



*Trionyx tuberculatus. T. testS, triste olivacea, ocellis nigris tuber- 

 culisque crebris tecta ; infra albo-viridescens ; laminis osseis quatuor. 



Dark olive ; carapace with ocellated black spots and numerous tu- 

 bercles ; beneath greenish white ; four callosities. 



*Emys muticiis. E. testa fusca ; fascia lset6 flava pone oculos no- 

 tatus ; sterno scutis duodecim composito, fusco-maculatis. 



The shell brown ; behind the eyes a bright yellow band. Sternum 

 composed of twelve plates, with brown spots. 



Saxjria. 



*Hemidactylus nanus. H. superne cinereus, strigis sagittalibus ni- 

 gris 5 — 6 ; Cauda annulis 6 — 7 ejusdem coloris cincta. Infra marga- 

 ritaceus. 



Gray above, with five to six black arrow-shaped marks, and six to 

 seven rings of the same colour on the tail. Beneath pearl-coloured. 



"^Tiliqua rnfo-guttata. T. superne senea, lineis serratis nigris qua- 

 tuor ornata ; lateribus pallide fla\ds, rubro permaculatis ; abdomine 

 palhde flavo. 



Bronze-coloured above, with four black zigzag lines ; the sides 

 pale yellow, with numerous red spots. Beneath pale yellow. 



Ophidia. 

 a. Venomous. 

 *Naja atra. N. superne atro-iridescens, lineis duplicibus trans- 

 versalibus flavis cincta ; abdomine in nonnullis margaritaceo, in ahis 

 schistoso. 



Iridescent black, with a number of distant transversal double lines 



•f Identified by Edward Blytli, Esq. 



