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Mabuya macularia (Blyth). 

 Blyth, Joiirn. Asiatic soc. Bengal, 1853, 22, p. 652. Bodlenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 182. 



Type locality: — "?Rungpore" India. 



A common species in the suburbs of Calcutta. Two specimens preserved. 



Sphenomorphus sanctus (Dumeril et Bibron). 



Du.MBRiL ET BiBRON, Erpet. gen., 1839, 5, p. 739. Max Weber, Zool. ergeb., 1890, 1, p. 171, pi. 14, 

 fig. 4. 



Type locality: — Java. 



Boulenger (Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 243) said that this species, 

 "described from a young specimen in bad condition, is probably closely allied" 

 to S. maculatus Blyth. Only the type was known until it was rediscovered by 

 Weber. The species is an extremely rare one in Java, at any rate about Buiteii- 

 zorg. I should say that it occurred in the ratio of about one to two hundred as 

 compared to Mabuya muUifasciata; perhaps even less often. I found but two 

 at Buitenzorg; Bryant, on the other hand, got five at the same place. 



Sphenomorphus variegatus (Peters). 

 Peters, Mon. Berl. akad., 1867, p. 20. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 246. 



Type locality: — Mindanao. 



This species is one of the less common ones, though it is met with sparingly 

 over a wide range. The series studied consists of two from Sorong, and one 

 from Manokwari, Papua; one each from Ansus and Pom, Jobi Island; and one 

 from Jeendee, Ron Island. 



Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Meyer). 

 Meyer, Mon. Berl. akad., 1874, p. 131. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1887, 3, p. 247. 



Type locality. — Jobi Island. 



This species seems to be a rather rare one, at any rate in the coast regions 

 in which we collected. Two were got at Djamna; and one each at Pom and 

 Wool Bay, Jobi Island. Another specimen from near Astrolabe Bay, German 

 New Guinea, came in with a small collection recently procured. 



Sphenomorphus brevipes (Boettger). 

 BoETTGER, Zool. anz., 1895, 18, p. 121, 129. Abh. Senck. nat. ges., 1901, 25, 2, p. 346, pi. 14, f. 3-3a. 



Type locality. — Sao Konora, Halmahera. 



This skink has so far been taken on Halmahera alone. A lizard from 

 Ternate, taken in 1907, agrees well enough with the description to make it 

 appear to be almost certainly the same species. Boettger's figure, in appearance, 

 is not very convincing of accuracy; and the specimen does vary considerably 



