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Reptiles from Islands of Torres Straits. 
Lizards. 
Cornwallis 
Island. 
6 . Heteropus fuscus, D. & B . 
7. Lygosoma scutirostrum , Ptrs.* 
8 . Hinulia striatula , Steinclach . 
9. Mabouia Cartereti , D. & B . 
10. *- macrura, Gthr . 
11. Carlia Macfarlani, Gthr . 
12 . Tropidolepisma magus , Gray f . 
13. Hemidactylus frenatus, D. & B . 
14. Peripia torresiana , Gthr . 
15. Gymnodactylus Arnouxii , Dum . 
Snakes. 
1. Lielaphis modestuSj Schleg. \ . * 
2 . - australis , Gthr. 
3. Dendrophis calligaster, Gthr. §. 
4. Dipsas irregularis , Merr.* 
5. Liasis amethystinus , Schneid. . . . * 
6 . - cormoallisius, sp. n.* 
7. Brachysoma triste , Gthr.* 
Murray 
Island. 
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Liasis cormoallisius , sp. n. 
Fig. 1. 
Liasis cornwallisius : top and side views. 
Allied to LAm's Childrenii. Rostral without pit; the first 
•j- = Tropidolepisma striolatum, Ptrs. 
\ See Guntlier, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 129. 
§ The loreal shield is normally present in this species, which has never 
the uniform coloration or the short head of Dendrophis punctulata. The 
latter is an eastern species. 
