210 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON NEW REPTILES AND [Apr. 1, 



2. Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batracliiaus from the 

 Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British 

 Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., H.M.S. ' Lark.^ 

 By G. A. BouLENGER, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceired March 25, 1884.] 



Lepidodactylxjs guppyi, sp. n. 



Head small, oviform ; body elongate ; limbs moderate. Digits 

 moderate, inner well developed, webbed at the base ; eleven lamellae 

 under the median digits, the two or three proximal divided. Scales 

 uniformly granular, the granules larger on the snout, largest and 

 flat on the belly. Rostral quadrangular, more than twice as 

 broad as high ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first upper 

 labial, and three nasals ; eleven or twelve upper and as many lower 

 labials ; mental small, smaller than the adjacent labials ; three or 

 four rows of very small chin-shields. Tail cylindrical, tapering, 

 covered with small equal flat scales. Pinkish brown above, sides 

 with darker spots ; a dark streak on the side of the head, passing 

 through the eye ; tail with dark annuli ; lower surfaces whitish, 

 throat speckled with reddish brown. 



From snout to vent 48 millim. ; head 12 miliim. ; tail 4.5 millim. 



Faro Island. 



HOPLOCEPHALUS PAR, Sp. U. 



Scales in 16 rows (14 posteriorly). Head moderately large, de- 

 pressed ; superciliaries not projecting ; vertical shield a little longer 

 than broad ; two postoculars ; seven upper labia's, third and fourth 

 entering the eye; temporals l-|-2-f3; the chin-shields of the pos- 

 terior pair separated from each other by a scale. Ventrals 166 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 43. Upper surface of body with broad 

 reddish-brown cross bands separated bv' narrow interspaces ; upper 

 surface of head, and edges of the scales blackish brown ; lower sur- 

 faces and interspaces between the red bars white. 



Total length 75 cenlim. ; tail 1 1 centim. 



Faro Island. 



Rana bufoniformis, sp. n. 



Near Hana huhlii. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series behind the choanse. Habit 

 stout, toad-like. Head very large, with short broad snout; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 short, with slightly swollen tips, first extending beyond second ; toes 

 two thirds webbed, the tips dilated into regular disks ; subarticular 

 tubercles large ; two metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, blunt, outer 

 rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 



