AND BATRACHIANS OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 39 



The unique specimen being a female shows no femoral nor preanal pores ; but 

 enlarged scales on these regions indicate that both kinds of pores are developed in the 

 males 



The tail is rather slender, cylindrical, tapering, much narrower than the body, and 

 covered with uniform juxtaposed round granules, about the size of the ventrals. This 

 organ appears to be prehensile. 



The upper surfaces are pinkish brown, indistinctly dotted with darker on the back, 

 more distinctly on the sides and limbs ; a rather ill-defined dark-brown streak extends 

 from the end of the snout to the ear, passing through the orbit ; upper lip pink, 

 brown-dotted ; the upper surface of the tail is crossed by dark-brown bars, separated 

 by interspaces of a pink colour. The lower surfaces are yellowish white, finely dotted 

 with reddish brown on the throat. 



Total length 93 millim. 



From end of snout to vent 48 ,, 



Head 12 „ 



Width of head 7 „ 



Fore limb JT5 ,, 



Hind limb 175 „ 



Tail . 45 



A single (female) specimen was collected by Mr. Guppy on Faro Island. 



Gecko, Laur. 



5. Gecko vittatus, Houtt. 



Occurs in the Solomon Islands in both the typical form and the var. bivittatus, 

 D. & B. To the latter belong four specimens from San Christoval, which have long 

 been in the British Museum ; another specimen of the same variety was collected by 

 Mr. Guppy in Santa Anna Island, and one of the typical form in Faro Island. The 

 species occurs in the Moluccas, New Guinea and the neighbouring islands, the Pelew 

 Islands, Duke of York Island, and, according to Peters, also in North Australia. 



AGAMID.E. 



GONYOCEPIIALUS, Kuhl. 



6. GONYOCEPHALUS GODEFEROYI, Ptl'S. 



The British Museum possesses specimens from San Christoval, Santa Anna, and 

 Treasury Islands, and others from Duke of York and the Fiji Islands. Tiaris longii, 

 Macleay, which appears to be identical with this species, is from Northern Queensland. 



