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To the localities enumerated below may be added the following, 
whence the occurrence of the species has been recorded :—Zanzibar, 
Mozambique, Comoro Islands, Greece (?), Bonin Islands (?), Pelew 
Islands, Java, Amboina, Fiji, Samoa, and Society Islands, New 
Caledonia, Tasmania, Adelaide (Australia), Puna Island (Guaya- 
quil), Pisacoma Islands (Peru). 
A. (A. boutoni, Desj.).—26, rarely 24 or 28, scales round the middle 
of the body. Prefrontals separated, or forming a very short 
suture. Four or five upper labials anterior to the subocular. 
Olive above, spotted or marbled with black, with an ill-defined, 
lighter lateral band. 
a, Ad. Mauritius. M. Bibron [P. ]. 
b. Several spec. : Mauritius. Zoological Society. 
ad. & her. 
B. Var. pecilopleurus, Wiegm.—28, rarely 26, scales round the 
body. Four labials anterior tothe subocular. Brown or olive 
above, spotted or marbled with black, with a more or less well- 
defined light lateral band ; limbs and sides light-dotted. 
e-g. Ad. Sandwich Islands, 
h, Ad. Savage Islands. Dr. A, Giinther [P.]. 
a. Ad. Bahia. Smithsonian Institution 
(P.]. 
C. Var. peroniz, Coct.—22 or 24, rarely 26, scales round the body. 
Four labials anterior to the subocular. Brown or olive above, 
with a usually well-defined light lateral band, edged above and 
below by a black band ; sides and limbs light-dotted. 
k-m, Ad. Timor. Leyden Museum. 
n. Ad. Timor Laut. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C. ]. 
o. Ad. Fly River, N. Guinea. Rev. 8. Macfarlane [P.}. 
p,q Many spec.: Murray Island. Rev. 8. Macfarlane [P. ; 
ad. & her. 
r-s. Ad. - Islands of Torres Straits. Rey.S. Macfarlane [P.]. 
t. Many spec.: ad. W. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.] 
& her. 
uv. Ad. W. Australia. (Types of Tiliqua buchanani.) 
w. Ad. Swan River. 
x. Hgr. Aneiteum. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 
D. Var. rutilus, Ptrs.—Like the preceding, but only 20 scales round 
the body. 
y. Ad. Fly River, New Guinea. Rey. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
E. Var. metallicus.—22 or 24 scales round the body. Four ante- 
rior labials. Yellowish or greenish above, strongly metallic, 
with small dark brown spots forming a more or less irregular 
band on each side. 
zy. Ad. North Australian Exped. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 
