THE HEPTILES AND FISHES OF LORD HOWE 



ISLAND. 



REPTILES. 



Ip we exclude tlie G-reen Turtle, whicli has not been found since 1789, the 

 recent Eeptiles recorded from Lord Howe Island are but three in number, 

 and all belong to the Lacertilian group : of two of these the Museum now 

 possesses excellent series. So far as I know none of them have as yet been 

 obtained in New Zealand*, and only the first of them has bfsen recorded 

 with any degree of certainty from Australia, this example, wliich is in the 

 British Museum, having been obtained at Champion Bay, N. W. Australia, 

 but not recorded from any intermediate locality ; it is also found on Phillip 

 Island, an outlying rock off Norfolk Island, on which latter strange to say 

 no reptiles whatever occur. The second has a very wide range through 

 Polynesia and New Guinea to the Moluccas, and has been doubtfully recorded 

 from Port Essington, while the third species seems to be ])eculiar to the 

 island. 



GECKONID^. 



PHYLLODACTTLUS, Grcuj. 



PllyLLOnACTTLrS (iUENTIlEKI, Big. 



There is now in the Museum a fine series of this Gecko in all stages of 

 growth. The members of the various expeditions agree in stating that it is 

 much more abundant in the vicinity of the coast tlian on the naore elevated 

 districts inland. 



GEIIYEA., Gray. 

 GeITTEA OCEASICA, Le&s., sp. 



The British Museum contains a specimen collected on the island by the 

 late Mr. J. Macgillivray. 



SCINCIDiE. 



LYG0S03IA, Grai/. 

 LtGOSOIIA LTCIlENiaEKL'W, 0' Slif/n ., sp. 

 The remarks under the first species apply equally to this Lizard. 



* There is no record, so far as T am aware, of the occurrence of OeTiyra oceanica in 

 .New Zealand, tliougli from its wide Polynesian range it seems strange that it is not found 

 at least in tlie northern district of tiie !Xortli Island. 



