QZ 
’Fringilla bella, Hempr. et Ehrenberg, Mus. Berol. 
Hab. Erzeroum and Afghanistan. In Mus. East India Comp. et 
J. Gould, Esq. 
Allied to L. montium, but distinguished from that species by its 
lighter colour, and the male having the pink colour on the ramp 
paler; the axillaries and the basal edge of the inner web of the 
primaries and secondaries pure white ; the tail being margined on the 
whole outer and broadly on the inner web also with pure white ; the 
primaries and secondaries above are also broadly margined exteriorly 
with white. The female is also paler and broadly edged as in the 
male with white. 
Length 5 inches ; of wing 3iths; of tail 23ths; centre feathers 
x inch less; bill to frontal plumes ;3,ths; to gape }.an inch; tarsus 
{ths ; centre toe and claw 3ths; and hind ditto 4 an inch. 
Remark.—Cabanis in Catal. Birds Mus. Heine, p. 161, states 
that “the bill of F. bel/a, of Hempr. and Ehrenb., is a trifle larger 
than in L. cannabina, Linn., but in colour almost agrees with 
L. fringillirostris, Bonap. et Schlegel, Monog. Loxiens, t. 49. p. 45. 
5. New Genus or Fisu-scatep Lizarps (Scissosar#), FROM 
New Guinea. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D. F.R.S., erc. ere. 
(Reptilia, Pl. VIII.) 
The Lizard which I have the pleasure of bringing before the 
Society this evening, was presented to the British Museum, with 
other most interesting and novel specimens, by Mr. John MacGillivray, 
who accompanied H.M.S. Herald as naturalist during her voyage in 
the Australasian seas. 
Corvctia. 
Head broad, flat topped; nostrils ovate, oblique, simple, not pro- 
longed behind, on the middle of the lower part of the nasal shields ; 
supranasal shields none; rostral square; internasal one, large, 8-sided, 
broader behind; frontal-nasal two, moderate, band-like, transverse ; 
lateral-frontal one small, subtrigonal, nearly equal-sided, frontal- 
parietals two rhombic, contiguous at the angle; interparietal one 
rhombic, elongate; eyebrows covered with band-like shields, lower 
eyelid with a series of larger opake scales ; temple covered with large 
shields ; ears large, simple, edged in front. 
Body fusiform, compressed scales, 6-sided, smooth, with 3, 5 or 
7 grooves, seen through the skin, of chin and underside of the body 
thinner, smooth. 
Legs strong ; toes five, cylindrical, elongate, unequal, with a series 
of band-like shields beneath ; claws strong, curved. 
Tail elongate, tapering, rather compressed, scales of upper like 
those of the back, but rather larger, with a central series of broad 
hexangular shields beneath. 
Hab. Australasia. 
This genus belongs to the same section in the Museum Catalogue 
as Ateuchoglossus, characterized by the simple nostril and scaled 
No. CCXCVIII.—ProcerDINGs OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
