On Stony Corals in the British Museum. 415 genus Is sharply defined from other members of the family of Geckoids, and the resemblance between the single Ameri-can and Australian species is very great indeed. 11. Peripia torresiana^ sp. n. Back uniform granular, without any tubercles. Scales in the middle of the belly in about 40 longitudinal series. Tail strongly depressed, but with rounded sides, finely granular, and with large subcaudals beneath. Number of the upper and lower labials varying from seven to nine. Front lower labial short, mucli broader than long, with a pair of elongate chin-shields behind. Light grey above, with some indistinct round white spots. Tail with brownish rings. millim. Distance of the snout from the eye 7 ,-, „ ear 15 „ „ shoulder 24 „ „ vent 70 Length of tail 75 „ fore leg 20 „ hind leg 26 12. Gymnodactylus Arnouxii, Dum. 13. Chlamydosaurus Kingii^ Gray. XLI. — Notes on Stony Corals in the Collection of ike British Museum. By Dr. F. BruGGEMANN. In these notes I intend to publish a series of preliminary notices of some of the more remarkable novelties which I de-termined during my examination of the large collection of corals in the British Museum, as well as other remarks, espe-cially on synonymy and geographical distribution of forms pre-viously known. They will be of a miscellaneous character, and are not intended to be given in a strictly systematic order. My thanks are due to Dr. Gunther, keeper of the Zoological Department, for kind assistance, by which my studies have been greatly facilitated. I. Description of two new Species of TuRBiNARiiDiE. 1. Turhinaria hifrons. Corallum consisting of thin, vertical, variously plicate plates, which are covered equally on both sides with calicles. Coral-
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