334 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Mar. 15, 



hijfon!formis, Blgr., Tl. gvppyi, Blgr.\ Cormifer gvppyi, Blgr., 

 C. soloynonis, Blgr., Ceratobutrachus guentlieri, Blgr. 



Alu : — Gorucia zebrata, Gray, Dendrophis solomonis, Gthr., 

 Dipsas irreyularis, jNIerr. 



In addition to these species, the following, new to the Solomons, 

 were obtained : — 



BEPTILIA. 

 Lepidodactylus woodfordi, sp. n. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 1 .) 



Closely allied to L. gvpprji. Digits without distinct web. Tail a 

 little depressed, ronnded. Femoral and prpeanal j)ores 25 altogether. 

 Grey above, with zigzag blaf^k cross bands, six between the nape and 

 the base of the tail ; a black streak from the nostril to the neck, 

 passing through the eye and above the ear ; lower surfaces whitish. 



millim. 



Total length 78 



Head 11 



Width of head 7 



Body 29 



Fore limb 14 



Hind limb 18 



Tail 38 



Faro Island. A single male specimen. 



Lygosoma solomonis, sp. n. 



Body elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths to once 

 and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no 

 supranasal ; a single anterior loreal ; frontonasal broader than long, 

 forming a narrow suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter 

 shield about as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven snpraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, latter 

 a little smaller than former; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; four to six pairs of nuchals ; fourth or fifth labial 

 below the eye and entering the orbit. Ear-opening oval, a little 

 smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 24 or 26 

 smooth scales round the middle of the body, the two vertebral series 

 largest. A pair of large preeanals. Limbs widely separated when 

 adpressed ; the length of the hind limb equals the distance between 

 the anterior border of the orbit and the fore limb. Digits short; 

 subdigital lamellfe smooth, undivided, 15 to 17 under the fourth toe. 

 Tail thick, once and one third the length of head and body. Brown 

 above, dotted with blackish ; pale brownish inferiorly, dotted with 

 brown. 



^ One of tbe specimens eseeeds the type {I. c. pi. ix.) in size, measuring 185 

 millim. from snout to vent. 



