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tubercles. Those on the hind limb are arranged in rows almost 

 as regular as those of the back. The specimens do not exhibit 

 tubercles on the tail as found in some examples, and as the 

 markings are similar to those on the body it does not appear that 

 the member has been reproduced. 



GEHYRA, Gray. 

 GEHYRA OCEANICA, Lesson. 



Gehyra oceanica, Lesson, sp., Voy. "Coquille," Zool., ii., p. 42, 



pi. ii., fig. 3. 



The specimens collected do not in any way differ from those 

 obtained in the other Polynesian Islands, throughout which the 

 species is widely distributed. 



FAMILY SCINCID^E. 



LYGOSOMA (EMOA), Gray. 



LYGOSOMA CYANURUM, Lesson. 



Lygosoma cyanurum, Lesson, sp., Voy. "Coquille," Zool., ii., p. 49, 



pi. iv., fig. 2. 



The phrase* "four labials anterior to the large subocular" 

 should read "four or five labials," etc., in order to receive the 

 examples from Funafuti which do not otherwise differ from 

 specimens received from elsewhere. 



LYGOSOMA ADSPERSUM, Steindachner. 



Lygosoma adspersum, Steindachner, sp., Sitz. K. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien., Ixii., 1870, pi. iv., fig. 1. 



This species, apparently the least widely known of the four 

 Lacertilians received, is very common on the Funafuti Atoll. 

 Eggs were obtained ; they are very nearly spherical, their 

 greatest diameter measuring ISmillim., and their least diameter 

 12 millim. 



Finsch has recorded! four Lacertilians from the Gilbert Group, 

 two of which only are identical with ours. He enumerates the 

 following : Gehyra oceanica, Platydactylus ( Lepidodactylus ) 

 lugubris, Mabouia (Lygosoma) cyanura, and Ablepharus pcecilo- 

 pleurus (A. boutonii). 



* Brit. Mus. Cat. Lizards, iii., 1887, p. 290. 



t Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus., viii., 1893, p. 21. 



