168 DR. A. GUNTHKR ON REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS [Feb. -J, 



Bronchocela marmorata, Gray. 



From an examination of specimens collected by Dr. Meyer in 

 Luzon I have no doubt that Calotes (Bronchocele) philippinus of 

 Peters (Monatsber. Ak. Berl. 1867, p. 16) is identical with this 

 species. Indeed one might even hesitate to separate this Philippine 

 form from that of Celebes, B. celebensis. The principal distinctive 

 character appears to be the pholidosis of the loreal region, which is 

 almost granular in B. marmorata, and formed by distinct scutella in 

 B. celebensis. In the former I have counted from 25 to 30 longi- 

 tudinal series of scales on the side of the body, in the latter from 22 

 to 2G. 



Lophura amboinensis. 



There are fifteen examples of all sizes in the British Museum ; the 

 localities where they have been obtained are Java, Amboyna, Celebes, 

 and the Philippine Islands. I have arrived at the conclusion that 

 no constant distinctive characters can be pointed out in specimens 

 from different localities, and that there are not two individuals per- 

 fectly alike with regard to the development and distribution of the 

 large scales and tubercles. As already observed by Wiegmann, the 

 rostral crest is somewhat more developed in Philippine specimens 

 (L. pustulata) than in those from Java and Amboyna, and is visible 

 even in very young specimens ; but so slight a difference cannot be 

 regarded as a specific distinction. Thus I must hesitate to adopt 

 the Lophura shawii of Gray and the Lophura celebensis recently 

 distinguished by Peters (Monatsber. Ak. Berl. 1872, p. 581); the 

 latter is represented in the British Museum by an adult female re- 

 ceived many years ago from the Leyden Museum with the name of 

 Basiliscus celebensis. 



Peripia mutilata, Wiegm. 



I have no doubt that Professor Peters is correct in supposing that 

 Peripia peronii (D. & B.) is identical with Peropus mutilatus 

 (Wiegm.). 



Calamaria modesta (D. & B.). 



Dr. Meyer has obtained a singular variety of this species at Manado. 

 The upper parts are of a light coffee-brown, dotted with darker. 

 The abdomen is blackish, with a well-defined median white longitu- 

 dinal band. This peculiar distribution of the colours of the abdomen 

 I find more or less distinctly indicated in specimens from Java. 



OXYCALAMUS OXYCEPHALUS. (Fig. p. 169.) 



Rhabdosoma oxycephalum, Giinth. Colubr. Sn. p. 242. 



This species is most closely allied to O. longiceps (Cantor) from 

 Pinang ; but a direct comparison is rendered almost impossible by 

 the bad state of preservation of the type of the latter species. O. 

 oxycephalus lacks a praorbital ; the number of ventral scutes is 

 137-152. 



