1076 MISS JOAN n. PROCTER ON NEW AND RARK RUm'HiKS 



Upper surfaces all olive -grey with darker variation. A lateral 

 series of large dark blotches. Greyish white beneath, the throat 

 reticulated with grey. 



Described from a single female. Head and body 60 mm. in 

 length; tail 118 mm. 



Tliis species is allied to A. ornatus Gray, from W. Australia, 

 from which it may easily be distinguished as follows: — 



A. ornatus Gviiy, A,Jionni,sp.n. 



Lateral scalesheterogeneous. Lateral scales homogeneous. 



No nuchal crest or spinose A low nuchal crest and 

 folds on head and neck several lateral spinose 



(described from an adult folds on neck (although 



male). described from a small 



female). 



Toes feebly fringed. Toes strongly fringed. 



Since tlie type is a small female the spinose folds make a 

 distinguishing ciiaracter, as we know that adult males in oniaius 

 do not have them, and it is to be expected that the male of 

 the new species would haye them still more developed. The 

 coloration and markings are also quite distinctive, but this 

 might be sexual. 



It is also allied to A. rufescens Stirling, but the characters in 

 which it difters from this are more numerous. 



Ampiiibolurus auklaidensis Gray. 



Prof. Wood-Jones caught three specimens of this beautifully- 

 marked species, which has not been received here for the past 

 fifty years. 



Tympanocryptis oephalus Gthr. 



Zeitz in his Catalogue (p. 198) places this species in the 

 synonymy of T. lineatus Peters. The two species are, however, 

 quite distinct ; lineatus has sharply-keeled scales and spinose 

 tubercles ; cephalus has smooth, more cycloid scales and less 

 spinose tubercles. The present collection included a female and 

 young. 



Lygosoma (Liolepisma) entrecasteauxii D, k B. 



The adult collected by Prof. Wood-Jones is the first to be 

 added to the Museum's collection since the publication of the 

 Catalogue in 1887. As far as I am aware, it has so far only 

 been recorded from Tasmania. The present specimen was caught 

 on Pearson's Island, Investigator Group. 



The new specimen has tricarinate dorsal scales, and is excep- 

 tionally well marked. 



