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The last-named species are represented in the collection of the 

 British Museum from the locality ''Philippines," but the collector 

 is not recorded in Boulenger's lists of specimens. It is known 

 that certain of Cuming's specimens were collected at ''Cataguan," 

 namely, Varanus nuchalis; so that Varanus salvator from this 

 locality may without a reasonable doubt be considered with his 

 collection. 



Thus we have, as a result of Cuming's work, seventeen species 

 new to science ; of these thirteen were made types of legitimate 

 species, and four, that were not recognized until much later as 

 distinct, were wrongly classified with other species. Besides 

 these seventeen species, four others were taken that were not new 

 to science. Two, however, were made types of new species by 

 Gray, but these have been referred by later herpetologists to 

 other already known species. Whether Cuming collected the 

 types of Calotes marmoratus (Gray), Draco reticulatus Giinther, 

 and the earliest specimens of Gymnodactylus philippinicus Stein- 

 dachner may be doubted, but it is highly probable that he did. 

 It is certain that his collection was the earliest considerable Phil- 

 ippine collection to reach London. At least the first and the last 

 species were examined by Gray prior to the publication of his 

 Catalogue in 1845. If Cuming did not collect specimens of the 

 common species, Gekko monarchus (Dumeril and Bibron) and 

 Cosymbotus platyurus (Schneider), it is a matter of wonder. 

 However, there is no published evidence to show that he collected 

 Peropus ntutilatus (Wiegmann) or Hemidactylus frenatus Dum- 

 eril and Bibron, which are certainly quite as common as the two 

 species just mentioned. 



A small herpetological collection was obtained by the Wilkes 

 Exploring Expedition, 1838 to 1842, when it visited the Philip- 

 pines. The type of Leiolopisma vulcanium (Girard) was ob- 

 tained at Caldera, Zamboanga, Mindanao; and specimens of 

 Emoia cyanurum (Lesson), which appear to be the first record 

 of this species for the Philippines. Peropus mutilatus (Wieg- 

 mann) and Gekko gecko (Linnseus) were also obtained. 



A small collection made in the Philippine Islands by M. Hom- 

 bron and M. Jacquinot, surgeons of the Astrolabe and Zelee, dur- 

 ing the expedition of these ships to the South Pole, contained 

 the type of Perochirus ateles (A. Dumeril) . 



The second considerable collection of reptiles was made some 

 time during 1859 to 1861 by a European traveler, Friederich 

 Jagor. This collection was studied by Peters, who reported on 

 it in 1864. It contained the types of Sphenomorphus jagorii 



