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destus ; the head is almost similarly formed ; the antenna}, 

 however, are always more or less serrate ; the thorax is more 

 elongate, the prosternal sutures are narrowly open in their 

 anterior ])art and are not sinuate in front ; the j)ro.sternal 



{)rocess is short, and is bent uj) in Lomeimis pilicornifi^ but is 

 ongcr and nearly straigiit in L. ohsmrljies ; the intercoxal 

 spaee is narrow, and the mesostcrnal cavity is narrow, ill- 

 limited behind, its posterior extremity very far from the 

 intercoxal suture ; the spaee separating these two parts is 

 longitudinally grooved. The femoral portion of the coxal 

 ])late is short, the trochantcral portion moderately long ; the 

 4th joint of tlie tarsus is minute, the 3rd sini])le or obscurely 

 emarginate at the extremity. Species of small size. 



I have had so few examples of these small species at my 

 disposal that I cannot deal in a full and satisfactory manner 

 with their structural details ; and it is probable that a thorough 

 examination would show that I have left together in one 

 group species which may ultimately form several distinct 

 groups : they may, however, be distinguished from the species 

 of A(jJopJius by the different prosternal sutures, by the less 

 diminished femoral portion of the hind coxal plate, and the 

 less developed 3rd and 4th joints of the tarsi. 



[To be cuntiuuedj. 



XL. — Descripti'oJi of three neio Species of Lizards from Islands 

 of Torres Straits. By Dr. A. GiJNTIIER. 



A COLLECTION of reptiles made by the Rev. S. MacFarlane 

 for the British Museum, at Somerset and in the islands of 

 Torres Straits, contained the lizards eimmerated in the fol- 

 lowing list. Unfortunately no record was made, or has 

 reached us, as regards the particular islands where the speci- 

 mens were collected. 



1. Odatria prasina^ !Midl. 



2. Lialis jjunctulata, Gray, together with L. lepitorhynchaj 

 Ptrs., the specific distinctness of which is very doubtful. 



3. Cryptuhlcpharus 2)(Ecilopleurus^ Wiegm. 



4. llinuUa striatula, vStcind. 



O. Carlia Macfarlani, sp. n 



Scales round the middle of the body in 25 longitudinal 

 series; 45 in a series between the chin and vent. The ante- 

 rior frontal forms a long suture with the rostral and a short 

 one with the vertical, which is small, smaller than the ante- 



