344 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on Reptiles from Cyprus. 



essential differences appear to be due to imperfections in 

 preservation ; the facial profile at first sight seems sharplj 

 bent opposite the orbit, but this appearance is really due to a 

 detached bone-fragment ; the difference in the lower jaw is 

 similarly owing to breakage, and so likewise is the deceptive 

 appearance of elongation in the vertebral centra. The fish 

 must thus be known by the provisional name of Flatax 

 nuchalis, until the discovery of more satisfactory specimens 

 renders it possible to clearly define the species. 



It may also be interesting to point out, in connexion with 

 this subject, that another Cretaceous fish, truly Teleostean so 

 far as can be judged from the figure and description, has been 

 doubtfully referred to the Pycnodont M{crodo7i. This is a 

 small fossil from Mount Lebanon, made known by Mr. James 

 W. Davis under the name of Microdon'^ pulchellus *. 



XLVI. — Liist of Reptile i and BatracJiians from Cyprus, 

 By G. A. BOULENGEE. 



At the request of Dr. Gllnther I herewith give a list of the 

 Eeptiles collected by Dr. Guillemard in Cyprus for Lord 

 Lilford, and presented by the latter to the British Museum. 



All the species enumerated were previously known to occur 

 in Cyprus f. Fortunately there is one specimen of the rare 

 Acanthodactylus Schreiheri in the collection. The species 

 peculiar to the island are marked with an asterisk, 



LiZAEDS. 

 1. Ago ma stellio^ L. 



*2. Acanthodaetylus Schreiheri, Blgr. {A. Boshianus, 

 Gthr., A. Savignyiy Bttg.) 



*3. OpMops Schlueterij Bttg. {0. eleganSy Gthr.). 



Two female specimens, both with 42 scales round the 

 body. Femoral pores 13-14 and 14-14. 



* J. W. Davis, loc. cit. p. 501, pi. xxiv. fig. 3. 



+ Cf. Giinther, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 741, and Bottger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 

 1879-80, p. 132. 



