LYGOSOMA. 199 



the suture between the fifth aucl 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 pra^anals. The 

 adpressed limbs slightly overlap. Digits subcyliudrical ; subdigital 

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

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

 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. 



Hah. Kakhven Hills. 



223. Lygosoma nielanostictum. 



Lygosoma melanostictum, Boulemj. Ann, Mus. Geiiova, (2) v, 1887, 

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



Habit lacertiform ; distance between end of snout and fore 

 limb contained 1;| to 1|^ times in distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril piei'ced in the nasal ; no supranasal : frontonasal 

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

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

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the t\^•o 

 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 nuchals ; 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 aiu'icular lobules. 

 34 or 1)6 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 

 l.i to 1| times the length of head and body. Pale brouii or bronzy 

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

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

 (lotted w itli black ; lower surface whitish, throat often dotted 

 with black. 



From snout to vent 2*3 inches. 



Huh. Hills of Northern Teuasserim, between 3300 and 4000 

 feet. 



224. Lygosoma sikkiniense. 



Mocoa sikkiraensis, BIyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 18-")4. p. Oo:? ; T/ieah. Cat. 



p. m. 

 Tiliqua schlegelii, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1860, p. lo3, pi. xxv, tig. C. 

 Eumeces schlegelii, Gi'infh. Rept. B. I. p. 86. 



