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e. Yg. (V. 228; C. 33), Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
as cy. 233 ; 0. 33). Engano I., S.W. Dr. Modigliani [P.]. 
Sumatra. 
g. Hgr. (V. 225; OC. 45). Soolvo Is. Sir E. Belcher [P.}. 
h. 2 (V. 220; C. 33). Amboyna. Sir E. Belcher LP ; 
a Bere (V. 218, 221; 0.44, Kei Is. Capt. Langen [P.]. 
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l. Yg. (V. 209; C. 42.) Pelew Is. G. L. King, Esq. [P.]. 
m. Be (V. 216; C. 34). Ugi, Solomon Is. H.MS. ‘Penguin.’ 
n-p. fo (VY. 225 ; C. 45) & New Georgia, Solo- H.M.S. ‘ Penguin.’ 
yg. (V. 201, 205 ; C, 45, mon Is, 
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t). 
gq. 2 (V. 225; C. 32). Pigeon ag Admi- H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
ralty Is. 
r-s. ¢ (V. 209, 221; C. 36, Achaltedath New J. Macgillivray, Esq. 
37). Hebrides. 5 Ags 
t. Yg. (V. 197; C. 33). New Hebrides. cNab, Esq. ee 
u-v. 2 (V.220; U. 30) & yg. Isle of Pines, New 1. "Macgillivray, 
(V. 206; C. 37 NY Caledonia. [C. 
w-2. Her. (V. 216; C. 37) Fiji Is. J. Macgillivray, Esq. 
& yg. (V. 2038; C. 34). C.}. 
y. 2 (V. 228; C. 33). Kandavu, Fiji Is. H.MLS. ‘ iP 3 
z. Her. (V. 218; C. 36). Australia. Capt. Stokes LP 
a. Yg. (V. 208 ; C. 33). Australia. G. Krefft, Es 
B. 3d (V. 207; C. 48). New Zealand. Sir G. Grey ae 
y. Skeleton. 
3. Platurus schistorhynchus. 
oe colubrina, part., Schleg. Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 92, of * 
(1838). 
Platurus schistorhynchus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 297, pl. xlv. 
fig. A; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 395 (1890). 
Rostral broader than deep; an azygous shield separating the 
nasals behind the rostral and another between the prefrontals; 
frontal longer than the parietals; one pre- and two postoculars ; 
seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; temporals 
small, scale-like,2+3. Scalesin21to 23 rows. Ventrals 178-198, 
on the posterior half of the body with a median keel; subcaudals 
32-40. Coloration as in the preceding; 25 to 45 annuli. 
Reaches the same size as P. colubrinus, 
Western Tropical Pacific. 
a-d. Yg. (V. 178, 177, 189, Savage I. Dr. Giinther [P.]. (Types.) 
179; C. 38, 40, 32, 37). 
e. 2 (V. 188; C. 36). Loo Choo Is, H. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 
4, Platurus muelleri. 
Platurus, n. sp.?, F. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1892, p. 207. 
Head-shields as in P. laticaudatus. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 
229, keeled as in P, schistorhynchus. 62 black annuli, some of which 
are interrupted on the belly. 
South Pacific. 
