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IFringilla bellu, Hempr. et Ehrenberg, Mus. Berol. 



Hab. Erzeroum and Afghanistan. In Mus. East India Comp. et 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



Allied to L. viontium, but distinguished from that species by its 

 lighter colour, and the male having the pink colour on the rump 

 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 3|ths ; of tail 2f ths ; centre feathers 

 | inch less ; bill to frontal plumes ^ths ; to gape ^ an inch ; tarsus 

 ^ths ; centre toe and claw -| ths ; and hind ditto \ an inch. 



Remark. — Cabanis in Catal. Birds Mus. Heine, p. 161, states 

 that "the bill of F. bella, of Hempr. andEhrenb., 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 of Fish-scaled Lizards (Scissosar/e), from 

 New Guinea. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D. F.R.S., etc. etc. 



(Reptilia, PI. 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. 



CORUCIA. 



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; iuternasal 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 banddike 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. — Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



