826 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Art. XXXL— Description of a new Lizard, Naultinus pulcherrimus. By 
Warrer A. Buiuer, C.M.G., Se.D., President. 
Plate. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 11th November, 1876.) 
Ix Vol. VI. of our “ Transactions," at page 449, occurs the following passage, 
in the Proceedings of the Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science 
and Industry :— 
“ The Secretary exhibited a green and brown spotted lizard, found ‘by 
Mr. William Hunter, on his run on the Upper Matakitaki, and which he 
presented to the Association. The colours of this lizard are much more 
vivid and quite different from any of the other specimens of the lizard 
species in the Museum of the Nelson Institute.” —(May 21, 1874.) 
This appears to be the only recorded notice of this very handsome 
species of. Naultinus which I have the pleasure of bringing under the notice 
of the Society, and for which I propose the name of Naultinus pulcherrimus. 
Some time last year, the Hon. Mr. Mantell received at the Colonial 
Museum a specimen of this new lizard, preserved in spirits, from a Nelson 
donor, together with a very characteristic water-colour drawing from life, 
by Miss Nairn. Mr. Mantell at once detected, and called my attention to, 
the orange-coloured tongue in the picture, which formed a good distinguish- 
ing charaeter—irrespective of the difference in eolour—from the blue- 
tongued Naultinus elegans. 
In August last, Mr. Arthur Atkinson brought over from Nelson two live 
specimens (adult and young) which he was good enough to present to me. 
These were exhibited at one of our former meetings , and, as I have since 
canonized them in spirits of wine, I beg now to submit a coloured drawing 
which I was able to complete before the colours had lost any of their 
brilliancy. 
The following is a sufficient description of the species for purposes of 
identification :— 
NAULTINUS PULCHERRIMUS. Sp. nov. 
Adult: General colours, green and brown, the latter predominating, 
and presenting a very elegant pattern. The ground colour, so to 
speak, is a vivid reddish-brown, and the green, which is quite as 
bright as in Naultinus elegans, is displayed in large diamond-shaped 
spots, arranged symmetrieally on both sides of the spine, down 
the whole course of the back. Those flanking the crown of the 
head are more irregular in form, and the two on each side of 
the nape are confluent. In front of the ear, on each side of the head, there 
