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the suture between the fifth and sixth upper labials falls below 

 the centre of the eye. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 30 smooth, subequal scales 

 round the middle of the body. No enlarged praeanals. The 

 adpressed limbs slightly overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 16 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and a 

 half the length of head and body. Pale bronzy olive above, with 

 a few black dots ; a lateral series of large black spots, partly con- 

 fluent into a band, from above the ear to the base of the tail, 

 extending forwards, as a narrow streak, to the nostril, and passing 

 through the eye ; flanks and lips with black dots. 



From snout to vent 1*6 inches : tail 2'4. 



ffab. Kakhyen Hills. 



223. Lygosoina melanostictum. 



Lygosoma melanostictum, Bouleny. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 1887, 

 p. 479, pi. vii, fig. 2. 



Habit lacertiform ; distance between end of snout and fore 

 limb contained 1-^ to If times in distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal 

 much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the rostral ; 

 prsefrontals forming a median suture ; frontal as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two 

 anterior supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, first longer than second ; 

 9 or 10 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 subequal in size; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; no enlarged uuchals ; the suture between the fifth and 

 sixth upper labials falls below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening 

 oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 

 34 or 36 smooth scales round the middle of the body, laterals 

 smallest. A pair of slightly enlarged praeanals. The adpressed 

 limbs hardly meet, or slightly overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; 

 subdigital lamella? smooth, 17 to 19 under the fourth toe. Tail 

 1 ^ to 1 1 times the length of head and body. Pale brown or bronzy 

 above, with black dots, which are crowded to form a lateral band 

 from the snout to the tail ; lips and flanks whitish or pinkish, 

 dotted with black; lower surface whitish, throat often dotted 

 with black. 



From snout to vent 2*3 inches. 



Hub. Hills of Northern Tenasserim, between 3300 and 4000 

 feet. 



224. Lygosoma sikkimense. 



Mocoa sikkimensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1854, p. 652 ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 56. 



Tiliqua schlegelii, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 153, pi. xxv, fig. C. 

 Eumeces schlegelii, Giinth. Kept. B. 1. p. 86. 



