Lizards in the British Museum. 301 



xiii. 1878, p. 348), is identical with the above species, de- 

 scribed by me in Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) 1874, xiii. p. 299. 



Dr. Peters has recently confirmed, in the Annali del Mus. 

 civ. di Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 347, ray statement of the 

 identity of Euprepes novarce, Steind., with Lygosoma [Mocoa) 

 noctua, Less. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xii. 1873, p. 44). 

 He further suggests as probable that Mocoa cuprea, Gray, 

 should be referred to the same species. I agree with Dr. 

 Peters that it would have been impossible to form a correct 

 idea of this lizard from the description given of it by Dr. 

 Gray. I am, however, able to answer his query respecting it. 

 The specimen designated as Mocoa cuprea is not in a good 

 state of preservation ; it is very different from Mocoa noctua, 

 being perhaps not a Mocoa at all. 



Oongylus gastrostictus } sp. n. 



All the head-shields exactly as in G. ocellatus, with the 

 exception of one additional supraorbital. Lower eyelid scaly, 

 not transparent ; ear large. Scales everywhere rounded, 

 smooth, smaller on the sides ; in 32 longitudinal series ; 70 

 transverse series between the mentals and the vent. Limbs 

 short, the fore limb, when laid forward, reaching to the anterior 

 margin of the ear ; a postaxillary groove not well developed ; 

 toes as in G. ocellatus. 



Uniform brown above. Sides densely variegated with 

 blackish, passing into series of dots on all the scales of the 

 ventral surface, the ground-colour of which is whitish ; chin 

 blotched ; infralabials bordered with blackish. 



millim. 



Distance of snout from eye . . 5 



„ „ ear-opening 11 



„ ,, fore limb 23 



„ „ vent 80 



Length of fore limb 13£ 



,, third front toe 3 



hind limb 20 



„ fourth hind toe 7\ 



One specimen from Madagascar in the British Museum. 



This adds another to the many representatives of the genus 

 Gongylus in Madagascar hitherto made known by M. Grandi- 

 dier, and more recently by Dr. Giinther. 



Leiocephalus (Graniopeltis) variegatus, sp. n. 



Head broad, flattened above ; its width equal to its length 

 from the postoccipital to the tip of the snout. Scales on the 

 muzzle swollen, irregular. Two interorbital series of poly- 

 pi nn. & Mag. N. Hist. Scr. 5. Vol. iv. 21 



