80 Miscellaneous. 



on a fairly well-marked horizon, about 135 feet above the Royley 

 Mine (or Arley Mine) coal-seam, at Sparth Bottoms, about half a mile 

 south-west of Rochdale Town-Hall. The nodules occur in a band 

 of blue shale, in which are well-preserved remains of Oarbonicola 

 acuta, ferns, Calamaria, PrestwicMa rotundata, and Bellinurus 

 helluJus. The animal is well represented by both the intaglio and 

 relievo impressions : these, however, only show its dorsal aspect. 

 A description of the specimea is given, and it is referred to a new 

 species. Dr. Peach is of opinion that, like the recent scorpions, 

 the ancient species visited the sea-shore in search of the eggs of 

 invertebrates left bare by the tides, and the association of this 

 new scorpion with king-crabs at Sparth Bottoms is in favour of 

 this view. The specimen has been presented to the Manchester 

 Museum. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Hote on Hinulia pardalis of Macleaij. 

 By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



The lizard which bears this name was so imperfectly described by 

 Macleay in 1877 (Journ. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 62), from a 

 collection made at Katow, New Guinea, that, when revising the 

 Scincidaj in 1887, I could refer to it only in a footnote (Cat. Liz. 

 iii. p. 209) appended to the general synonymy of the genus 

 Li/goso)na. 



I have now received, through the kindness of Mr. S. J. Johnston, 

 of the Technological Museum, Sydney, a specimen collected by 

 Mr. A. E. Einckh on Lizard Island, Queensland, which, he informs 

 me, he has compared with the type of Hinulia pardalis in the 

 Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, and found identical with 

 it. From this specimen I conclude that H. pardalis is the same as 

 Lygosoma eleyantulum, Peters & Doria (Ann. Mus. Geneva, xiii. 

 1878, p. 344), and, as the former name has priority, I propose in 

 future to designate this rather common species as Lygosoma 

 pardalis, Macleay. 



