BY C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 823 



Anomalopus lentiginosus. 



Hind limb minute, undivided; fore limb a little longer, didactyle. 

 Snout moderate, rounded. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril in antero- 

 inferior quarter of a large nasal. Rostral produced between the 

 nasals, in contact with the fronto-nasal, which is much broader 

 than long, and forms a broad sutui'e with the frontal ; frontal 

 nearly as broad as long, broader than the supraoculars, shorter 

 than the fronto- and interparietals together, and in contact with 

 two supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; five supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, equal in size to interparietal ; parietals forming 

 •a suture behind interparietal ; no enlarged nuchal ; four large 

 suboculars. Ear hidden. Scales in 20 rows, smooth, dorsals 

 largest, a pair of enlarged preanals. Tail thick, longer than head 

 and body. Pale reddish-brown, paler brown beneath, uniform or 

 with the sides and under-surface of tail freckled with minute 

 brown spots ; a trace of a pale band across the occiput conspicuous 

 in the young. 



Ophioscincus frontalis. 



Snout elongate, conical, subacute. Rostral elevated, in contact 

 with frontonasal ; nostril in the lower angle of the nasal. Pre- 

 frontals nearly or quite in contact with each other ; frontal longer 

 than or as long as broad, forming a suture with the first supra- 

 ciliary and first supraocular ; fronto- and interparietals distinct, 

 the latter rather the larger ; four supraciliaries ; parietals meeting 

 behind interparietal, bordered laterally by a pair of temporals ; 

 no enlarged nuchals. Ear hidden. Eyelids as long as first labial. 

 Scales in 30 rows, smooth ; ventrals and laterals subequal ; a pair 

 of enlarged preanals. Tail thick, obtusely pointed. Ashy-grey or 

 reddish-grey above ; yellowish beneath, the colours more or less 



