Reptiles of Rotuma Island, Polynesia. 307 
surface. Brown above, with indistinct darker bars across 
the body and tail; lower parts white, speckled with brown 
on the sides ; throat greyish. 
millim. 
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A single female specimen. 
Nearest allied to LZ. Guppy?t, Blegr., and L. Woodfordit, 
Blgr., from the Solomon Islands. 
4. Lygosoma noctua, Less. 
Known from New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa Islands, 
Society Islands, Fiji Islands, Tonga Islands, and Sandwich 
Islands. 
5. Lygosoma cyanurum, Less. 
Found in Celebes, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and _ nearly 
all the small islands of the South Pacific, with the exception 
of New Caledonia. 
6. Lygosoma samoense, A. Dum. 
Tnhabits the New Hebrides, Samoa Islands, Fiji Islands, 
and ‘Tonga Islands. 
7. Lygosoma nigrum, Hombr. & Jacq. 
Inhabits the Caroline Islands, New Ireland, Solomon 
Islands, Banks’s Island, Samoa Islands, Fiji Islands, and 
Tonga Islands. 
8. Enygrus australis, Montrouzier. 
This snake, which has long been confounded with #. Bi- 
bronti, Hombr. & Jacq., is known from New Britain, the 
Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, and 
Samoa Islands; whilst £. Bibronw is on record from San 
Christoval, and the Fiji and Tonga Islands. 
The specimens, four in number, brought home by Mr. Gar- 
diner, have 37 to 39 scales across the body, 235 to 240 
ventrals, and 57 to 63 subcaudals. 
