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Show 128 DR. A. GUNTHER ON REPTILES AND [Feb. 20, be quite correct in including these islands in his Austro-Malayan sub-region, as will be seen from the following list, in which I have noted the geographical range of each species. List of Reptiles. LIZARDS: 1. Monitor chlorostigma, Cuv Celebes, Ceram, New Guinea, North Australia, Solomon Islands. 2. Eumeces albofasciolatus, Gthr North Australia. 3. Hinulia megaspila, sp. n. 4. Keneuxia smaragdina, Less Ceram, Amboyna, Philippines, Pelew Island, New Guinea. 5. Mabouia carteretii, D. & B New Ireland, New Guinea, Amboyna, and Wokan {Doria). 6. Mabouia cyanura, Less Amboyna, Mysol, New Guinea, hence throughout Polynesia. 7. Mabouia nigra, Hombr. & Jacq Fiji Islands, Samoa Islands, Contrariety Island. 8. Gecko vittatus, Latr Mysol, Ceram, Amboyna, New Guinea, Aru Islands. 9. Hypselurus macrolepis, Ptrs Pelew and Solomon Islands. SNAKES: 1. Lielaphis modestus, Schleg Ceram, Amboyna, Mysol, Aru Islands. 2. Tropidonotus hypomelas, sp. n. 3. Dendrophis solotnonis, Gthr Solomon Island. 4, Dendrophis macrops, sp. n. 5. Dipsas irregularis, Merr Celebes, Ceram, Amboyna, Mysol, Sangi Isl., New Guinea, Key Isl. 6. Liasis amethystinus, Schneid Ceram, Mysol, Aru and Key Islands, New Ireland. 7. Nardoa schlegelii, Gray New Ireland. 8. Exygrus carinatus, Schneid Ceram, Amboyna, Mysol, New Guinea. 9. Erebophis asper, g. et sp. n. 10. Diemenia mulleri, Schleg New Guinea, North Ceram. 11. Platurus fasciatus, Daud Throughout the East Indian archipelago and Polynesia. Descriptive Notes. HINULIA MEGASPILA, sp. n. (Plate XX.) Resembles H. (Eumeces) aruensis in shape and general appearance. No supranasal shields. Lower eyelids scaly. Internasal broad and short, transversely linear, separated from the vertical by two frontals, which are broadly in contact with each other. In E. aruensis the vertical is in contact with the internasal. Postnasals two, small and lateral, followed by a single large loreal; upper labials eight. Ear-opening large, oval, without prominent scales ; forty-one or forty-seven longitudinal series of scales round the body ; about fifty-eight transverse series between the fore and hind limbs ; two larger praeanal plates, with some smaller lateral ones. The fore limbs reach to the middle of the eye when stretched forward, the hind limbs somewhat beyond the middle of the trunk. Fingers and toes short ; third and fourth fingers equal and longer than the second ; fourth hind toe the longest; third longer than the fifth. Colour brown |