1072 MISS JUAN li. PllOCTER ON NliW AKi) UAHH UEI'TILICS 



. Varanus varius Shaw. 



' Wilkins Collection. One specimen (skull and dried skin ; total 

 length 49" : head and body 19" and tail 30"). 



In this specimen the characteristic yellow spots aie absent on 

 the anteinor half of the body, which is merely speckled ; they are 

 well marked, however, on tlie posterior half. 



Varanus varius var. belli Gray. 



VV^ilkins Collection. Two specimens (skidls and dried skins) of 

 this beautiful banded variety. The Mnseum had only one 

 specimen. The new pair ai'e 50" (tail 30") and 41" (body 20", 

 tail truncated) respectively. The four dorsal and three caudal 

 bands are arranged as follows :— 



The first band is lunate, extending from the head backwards 

 to the shoulders ; the second is shaped like a bolero jacket; the 

 third is very bi'oad, with convex borders pointed medially ; the 

 fourth covers the sacral region and the upper part of the thighs. 

 There follow three caudal bands, the fir.st 4" wide, the second 8", 

 the third 5" ; the tip of the tail is also dark. All the intermediate 

 areas are bright sand-coloured, black speckled. 



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LyOOSOMA (HiNULIA) QUOYl D. & B. 



Sherrin Collection. Three well-marked specimens from Ravens - 

 hoe, N. Queensland. 



Although this species has a wide range of distribution, it is 

 rare and local. 



Lygosoma (Hinulia) 'J'knuh Gray. 



Wilkins Collection. One adult collected on Tamliouriue Mt., 

 S.E. Queensland, This individual is L. vturraiji lUgr. of the 

 British Museum Catalogue (iii. p. 232). The Museum has only 

 the specimen originally collected by H.M.S. ' Challenger.' On 

 comparing these two specimens of murrayi, which have 34 scale- 

 rows?, with the series of temie the supposed differences in the size 

 of the ear-opening and in coloration cannot be detected, and 

 without counting the scale-rows it is impossible to tell them 

 apart. L. tenue is already known to have scale-rows in 28, 30, 

 or 32 rows, so that it seems impossible to maintain individuals 

 with 34 rows as a distinct species on this ciharactor alone. 

 L. mtirrayi Blgr., therefore, should be placed in the synonymy of 

 L. tenue Gray. 



Lygosoma (Hinulia) monotropis Blgr. 



Wilkins Collection. One adult from C. Queensland. 



Sandy brown, with ten dark transverse band« on neck and 

 body and twenty-three on the tail. Some of these bands bifurcate 

 on the sides. 



