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other ; and also, on the surface, one has the shields of the back 
of the shell nearly smooth, and the other covered with close 
sunken dots. 
The animal is dark slate-coloured above, and paler grey be- 
neath. There is a broad well-marked white streak from the 
hinder angle of the mouth, margining the underside of the 
tympanum and extending nearly to the middle of the base of 
the front legs; the hind legs have a series of rather large pro- 
minent scales from the outer side of the knee to the base of the 
outer toes, which are largest near the toes; tail short, with two 
series of shields on the underside, behind the vent. 
VIII.—Additions to the knowledge of Australian Reptiles and 
Fishes. By Aubert Ginrner, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. 
Tue British Museum has received in the course of the last three 
or four years various collections of reptiles and fishes from Aus- 
tralia, and quite recently one made at Champion Bay and Nicol 
Bay (Western and North-western Australia) by Mr. Duboulay, 
and two others brought by Hr. Damel from Cape York and Port 
Denison. The following notes were made during the arrange- 
ment of these specimens; and, besides the new species, only 
those are mentioned which were either previously desiderata in 
the British Museum, or for which new localities can be given. 
TORTOISES. 
1. Elseya latisternum. 
See the preceding paper by Dr. Gray. 
LIZARDS. 
2. Odatria punctata (Gray). 
West and North Australia. 
Var. timoriensis. Timor, Torres Straits. 
3. Odatria ocellata (Gray) = ?O. tristis (Schleg.). 
West and North-west coast of Australia (Nicol Bay, Du- 
boulay). 
Distinguished by the large spines of the tail. 
4. Pygopus lepidopus (Lac.). 
| Pygopus squamiceps (Gray). 
Swan River, Champion Bay, Sydney, Van Diemen’s Land. 
5. Lygosoma laterale, sp. nu. 
Habit slender ; limbs feeble, fore limbs equal in length to the 
