BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 



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dorsal sc;ales three keeled. The ear orifice has no projecting 

 scales on its front edge, but is furnished with one or two short 

 but high rounded scales conspicuous from their pale colour. 

 Scales of the body in 36 longitudinal rows. Of the two examples 

 sent to me by Hr. J. D. E. Schmeltz from the Museum-God- 

 deffi'oyi, the larger (total length •0123 m., to the base of the 

 tail "051 m.) is uniform olive brown above, on each side of the 

 back with a rather distant bright stripe, below yellow (that 

 colour relatively narrow), above dark olive green with small black 

 and white specks. On the side of the body and upper surface 

 of the limbs speckled with black and white, and from the nasal 

 runs a yellowish white line, which passing under the eye goes 

 through the middle of the ear orifice and loses itself on the side 

 of the body over the fore limb. The under side is greenish 

 white, and from the hinder part of the lower lip runs a dark 

 iine which dies out on the side of the throat between the longi- 

 tudinal rows of scales." From Rockhampton, North Australia. 

 Mon. Akad. Berl., 1867, xiii. 



HETEROPUS PECTORALIS, N.8. 



Labials, -f. Prefrontal single, postfrontals approximate, 

 nasals distant. Nostrils small, subcentral. Palpebral disk 

 large. Ear orifice with one small (on one side), or a few minute 

 (on the other side) free scales on the edge. Postoccipital scales 

 nearly smooth ; a few rows of nuchal scales quadricarinate ; 

 the rest, the dorsal scales, and those of the outer surface of the 

 hind-limb narrowly and sharply tricarinate ; those of the fore- 

 limb nearly smooth. Habit stout. Scales in 32 rows. 



Length of the trunk ... 5-2 Length between limbs ... 2-15 



(Tail reproduced) „ of hind limb ... 2*0 



Length of head 1-2 „ fore limb ... 1-4 



„ gape 0-85 Breadth of head 0*85 



Olive grey above, each scale narrowly black-edged all round. 

 A bright red lateral stripe on the edge of the back. Lower 

 surface of fore-limb, side of chest, and flanks red. A large 

 patch on chest and upper part of abdomen cream color (orange 

 in life). Upper surface of head pale golden green spotted 

 with black, throat and side of head pale blue, brightly varied 

 with a broad black hinder edge to each scale. 



Locality, Warro, Port Curtis. Collected by Mr. F. A. Black- 

 man ; one specimen. 



HETEROPUS MACULATUS, N.S. 



Labials, f . Prefrontal single, postfrontals approximate, nasals 

 distant, nuchal scales faintly ridged, dorsals tricarinate, scale 

 rows 36. Habit short and stout, head short, tail very long; 



