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Colour. — Head cream-coloured ; rostral, anterior and posterior 

 irontals marked with black on their posterior margin. Upper 

 lip-shields similarly marked on their superior margin ; all the 

 remaining shields of the upper surface of head black. Upper 

 surface very conspicuously marked with 53 black transverse 

 bands, which comprise one row of scales and occupy about one- 

 half the circumference of the body. The spaces between tliese 

 bands occupy two transverse rows of scales, and present a dis- 

 tinctly orange tinge from the fact that each scale, cream-coloured 

 at its base, is tipped with the former colour. The scales of the 

 the black bands have a pale spot or streak in the centre for the 

 posterior three-quarters of the body- Under-surface uniformly 

 cream-coloured. 



This very distinct species resembles V. Bertholdi in external 

 appearance, but is proportionally much more elongate, and the 

 black freckles on the head, which are characteristic for the latter 

 species are totally absel^t in V. fasciata. A second specimen in 

 the South Australian Museum conforms to the above description, 

 but the markings have become faded from exposure to light. It 

 was collected in the Western plains. 



AMPHIBIA. 



Ordkr Batraciiia. 



Family BUFONID.a'l 



PSEUDOPIIRYNE AUSTKALIS, Giillther. 



Found about forty miles N.W. of the Fraser liange in a rock- 

 hole filled up with silt ; seven specimens. 



These specimens closely resemble the above-named species, but 

 show slight differences in respect of having the metatarsal 

 tubercles much larger, and a greater predominance of light-colour 

 on the under-surface. 



UKSCRIPTIONS OK PLATKS. 

 Plates VI. 

 Fig. 1. Diplodactylus Elderi. Nat. 4ze. 

 " 1«. " " Scales of bade; cnlanjcd. 



" 2. Ampliiboliirus rufescens. Upper surface of body ; nal. size. 

 " 2a. " " Dorsal scales : enlari/ed. 



" 3. Lygosoma melanops. Nat. size. 

 " .3«. " " Head shields ; nat. size. 



" 4. Vermicella fasciata. Nat. size. 

 " 4a. " " Head shields ; nat. size. 



Plate VII. 

 Amphibohtrus scutnlatus. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female. 



