NEW SPECIES OF LIZARD. 449 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF LIZARD OBTAINED 



BY Mb. II. S. FERGUSON IN TRAVANCORE, 



SOUTHERN INDIA. 



By G. A. Boulexger. 



(Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on Sth December, 1891.) 



Lygosoma stjisc^ruleum, Sp. n. 



Section Keneuxia. Habit lacertiform ; tlic distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and one-fourth, in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Snout rather elongate, 

 obtusely pointed, much depressed. Lower eyelid scaly. -Nostril 

 pierced in the middle of a small nasal ; a supranasal, not in contact 

 with its fellow ; frontonasal a little broader than long, in contact 

 with the rostral ; prefrontals forming a median suture ; frontal only 

 a little larger than the interparietal, in contact with the first and 

 second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; nine supra- 

 ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal, the 

 latter separating the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; four labials 

 anterior to the subocular. Ear opening very small. 28 scales round 

 the middle of the body, dorsals feebly striated and a little larger 

 than ventrals. Digits moderately elongate, with strong sharp claws, 

 the basal phalanges somewhat depressed, the distal strongly com- 

 pressed. Subdigital lamelloe smooth, 14 under the fourth toe. Bronzy 

 olive above, with small whitish black-edged spots; a dark streak 

 from the eye to the shoulder, and a pair of black streaks on the back 

 of the head and nape ; lower parts blue. 



Fore limb Millim. 18 



Hind limb „ 23 



Tail „ 60 



Total length Millim. 120 



Head „ 15 



Width of Head... „ 8 



Body „ 45 



A single specimen from Bodanaikanur, Travancore, presented to 

 the British Museum by Mr. H. S. Ferguson. 



