920 MB. G. A. BOTJLENGEE OUT ADDITIONS TO THB [NoV. 29, 



DlPLOGLOSSTTS NUCHALIS. (Plate LVI. fig. 1.) 

 Lateral teeth with obtuse crowns. Head small ; canthus 

 rostralis rounded ; ear-opening smaller than the eye-opening ; three 

 prsefrontals, azygos largest, as long as broad, forming a broad 

 suture with the frontal, separated from the rostral by two pairs of 

 shields ; frontal nearly twice as long as broad ; parietal on each 

 side separated from the frontal and supraoculars by two shields ; 

 occipital shorter and broader than the interparietal ; nasal separated 

 from the rostral ; a postnasal and two subequal loreals ; rostral 

 much broader than the symphysial ; suture between the sixth and 

 seventh upper labials below the centre of the eye ; five large chin- 

 shields on each side, first in contact with the lower labials. Body 

 elongate, roundish-subquadi-angular. 38 scales round the middle 

 of the body ; dorsals finely striated, keelless. Limbs separated when 

 adpressed ; digits rather short, fourth considerably longer than 

 third ; claws exposed. Tail feebly compressed ; caudal scales not 

 keeled. Pale olive above, with small blackish spots and a pair of 

 blackish streaks along the nape ; sides of head and body dark, 

 sharply limited above, with bluish-white, dark-edged spots ; whitish 

 beneath. 



Total length 270 millim. Pore limb . . 23 millim. 



Head 18 „ Hind limb . . 32 „ 



Width of head ..12 „ Tail 160 „ 



Body 92 



A single specimen, of unknown origin ; received from Dr. P. 

 Werner. 



Vaeahtjs beeticatjda. (Plate LYI. fig. 2.) 

 Teeth acute, compressed. Snout obtuse, shorter than the 

 distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the ear ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; nostril round, slightly nearer the orbit than the 

 end of the snout. Upper head-scales small, granular, subequal, 

 smallest on the supraocular region. Scales on back small, elliptical, 

 tectiform ; ventral scales smooth, in 75 to 80 transverse series. 

 Digits short. Tail cylindrical, swollen at the base, not quite so 

 long as head and body, covered above and below with very strongly 

 keeled, subspinose scales. Pale reddish brown or buff above, dotted 

 with blackish, or with pale spots enclosed in a brown network ; 

 lower parts white. 



Total length .... 185 milKm. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head . . 10 „ 



Body 79 „ 



Two specimens, apparently half -grown, from the Sherlock Eiver, 

 Nicol Bay, W. Australia ; collected by Dr. E. Clement. 



Aethroseps, g. n. 



Closely allied to Arihrosaura Blgr., but differing in the ventral 

 scales being disposed, like the dorsals, in transverse series only; 



