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Show 210 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON NEW REPTILES AND [Apr. 1, 2. Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., H.M.S. ' Lark/ By G. A. BOULENGER, F.Z.S. [Eeceived March 25, 1884.] LEPIDODACTYLUS GUPPYI, sp. n. Head small, oviform ; body elongate; limbs moderate. Digits moderate, inner well developed, webbed at the base; eleven lamellae under the median digits, the two or three proximal divided. Scales uniformly granular, the granules larger on the snout, largest and flat on the belly. Rostral quadrangular, more than twice as broad as high ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first upper labial, and three nasals; eleven or twelve upper and as many lower labials; mental small, smaller than the adjacent labials; three or four rows of very small chin-shields. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with small equal flat scales. Pinkish brown above, sides with darker spots; a dark streak on the side of the head, passing through the eye; tail with dark annuli; lower surfaces whitish, throat speckled with reddish brown. From snout to vent 48 millim.; head 12 millim.; tail 45 millim. Faro Island. HOPLOCEPHALUS PAR, Sp. 11. Scales in 16 rows (14 posteriorly). Head moderately large, depressed ; superciliaries not projecting; vertical shield a little longer than broad ; two postoculars ; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; temporals 1 + 2 + 3 ; the chin-shields of the posterior pair separated from each other by a scale. Ventrals 166 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 43. Upper surface of body with broad reddish-brown cross bands separated hy narrow interspaces ; upper surface of head, and edges of the scales blackish brown; lower surfaces and interspaces between the red bars white. Total length 75 centim.; tail 11 centim. Faro Island. RANA BUFONIFORMIS, sp. n. Near Bana kuhlii. Vomerine teeth in two oblique series behind the choanae. Habit stout, toad-like. Head very large, with short broad snout; canthus rostralis distinct; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers short, with slightly swollen tips, first extending beyond second ; toes two thirds webbed, the tips dilated into regular disks; subarticular tubercles large ; two metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, blunt, outer rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the |
