398 A&iXLDM. 



Differs from P. gilherti in the following points : — Nostril a little 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the orbit. Dorsal scales all ohliquely 

 directed upwards ; ventral scales larger than dorsals. Two femoral 

 and two prseanal pores on each side. Eeddish brown above, head 

 darker ; more or less distinct dark cross bands on the back ; a light 

 band bordering the upper lip and another along each side of the 

 back. 



Total length (tail broken) 215 millim. 



Head 25 ,, 



Width of head 17 „ 



Body 66 „ 



Fore Umb 42 „ 



Hind limb 84 „ 



North Australia. 



a. $ . Port Essington. Lord Derby [P.]. (Type.) 



h. cj . Port Essington. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. ") Types of 



> Lophogna- 

 c. cJ, bad state. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert [0.]. } thuslahialis. 



4. Fhysignathus maculilabris. 



Lophognathus maculilabris, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (b) xii. 

 1883, p. 226, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 386, pi. xli. 



Differs from P. gilherti in the following points : — Nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout. Gular scales strongly 

 keeled. Dorsal scales all obliquely directed upwards; ventral 

 scales slightly larger than dorsals. No pores ( $ ). Upper surfaces 

 olive, with blackish transverse markings across the back, tail, and 

 limbs ; a broad blackish band from orbit to tympanum, bordered 

 interiorly by a light band extending to above the fore limb ; lips 

 light-coloured, variegated with blackish ; lower surfaces whitish, 

 dotted all over with blackish. 



Total length 388 millim. 



Head 22 



Width of head 17 



Body 76 



Fore limb 46 



Hind limb y4 



Tail 290 



Timor Laut. 



u-i. $. Timor Laut. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. (Types.) 



5. Physignathus lesueurii 



Physignathus lesueurii, &ray, Cat. p. 248. 

 Lophura lesueurii. Gray, Orif. A. K. ix., Syn. p. 60. 

 Istiurus lesuemii, Dum. ^ Bzhr. p. 384, pi. xl. 



