Volume I Part 44 (2/2)

Crocodilus biporcatus raninus, Muller

Inhabits Victoria River

Captain Stokes has furnished th in feet inches: of Alligator: 15 0

From base of head to extremity of nose: 2 2

Across the base of head: 2 0

Iength of lower jaw: 2 0

Teeth in both jaws vary in size, and are variously disposed, as will be seen in the sketch

In upper jaw on each side of maxillary bone: 18 2 incisors

In lower jaw on each side of est teeth are 1 1/2 inch in length The ter incisors are stronger and longer than the upper, and project through two holes in front part of upper jaw Breadth across the animal from extreme of one fore foot, across the shoulders, to the other side, 5 feet 2 inches The fore feet have each five perfect toes, the three inner or first, have long horny nails, slightly curved, the two outer toes have no nails, nor are they webbed The third and fourth toes are deeply webbed, allowing a wide space between them, which is apparent, even in their passive state

The hind feet are twice the size and breadth of the fore, with four long toes, the two first are webbed as far as the first joint, and the other are strongly webbed to the apex of last joint; the last or outer toe has no nail Froe runs up aboutinto two branches, passes up on each side of the spine over the back, as far up as the shoulders, gradually die runs down from the nape of the neck, over the spinous processes of the vertebrae (being fira to its ter, 3 inches and 3 lines long, and 2 inches 8 lines in diameter

The skull of this specimen, which was presented to the British Museum by Captain Stokes, has exactly the same forgar on the Indian continent, and is quite distinct in the characters froe stones, about the size (the largest) of a man's fist, were found in the stomach

Messrs Dumeril and Bibron deny that any species of crocodile is found in Australia See Erpet Gen 1 1836, 45

APPENDIX

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW OR UNFIGURED SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FROM AUSTRALIA

BY ADAM WHITE, MES assISTANT IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM

Megacephala australasiae, Hope, Proceedings of the Entoazine of Natural History, 9, 425

STOKES, INSECTS PLATE 1, FIGURE 1

Habitat: North-West Australia

Aenigma cyanipenne, Hope; variety with the whole of the thorax punctulated

INSECTS PLATE 1, FIGURE 2

The speciree with the species above-mentioned, described briefly by the Reverend F Hope in the Proceedings of the Entoical Society for November 1, 1841