200 SCINCID^. 



Mocoa sacra, StolkzJca, J. A. S. B. xli, 1872, p. 128, pi. iv, fig. 4 



Theoh.Cat.^.bl. 

 Lygosoma sikkimense, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 257. 



Body more or less elongate ; distance between end of snout and 

 fore limb contained 1 ;] to 2 times in distance bet\^een axilla and 

 groin, 8nout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

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

 frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture \\W\\ the rostral 

 and usually also with the frontal ; latter shield as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact M'ith the t«o 

 anterior supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 7 or 8 

 supraciliaries : frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 2 to 4 pairs of 

 nuchals : fifth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening small, 

 smaller than the palpebral disk, with or without very indistinct 

 lobules. 22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body, 

 dorsals largest. A pair of large prseauals. The adpressed limbs 

 fail to meet, meet, or overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital 

 lamellae soiooth, 16 to 19 under the fourth toe. Tail 1^ to 1| 

 times the length of head and body. Bronzy oli\e or brown above, 

 dark brown on the sides, which are limited above by a blackish 

 line ; back with small blackish spots ; sides \\\i\\ small light spots ; 

 lower surface whitish. 



From snout to vent 1-75 inches ; tail 2-75. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas (Sikhim, 3000-10,000 feet) : Paresh- 

 nath Hill, Western Bengal. 



225. Lygosoma himalayanum. 



Eumeces himalayanus, Giinth. Sept. B. I. p. 86, pi. x, fig. H. 

 Euprepes blythi, Sfeind. Kovara, Bept. p. 46. 

 Mocoa himalayana and M. blytliii, Theub. Cat. pp. ■57, 59. 

 Lygosoma himalayaiuun, Boideng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 257, pi. xvii, 

 'fig. 2. 



Habit lacei'tiform ,• distance bet^^'eeu end of snout and fore limb 

 contained 1| to 2 times in distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undi^'ided transparent 

 disk. jN'ostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal 

 broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and with the 

 frontal ; latter shield as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the two, rarely three, anterior supra- 

 oculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; to 8 supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal, or latter 

 smallest ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 3 or 

 4 pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear- 

 opening oval, mucli smaller than the eye-opening, about as large 

 as the transparent palpebral disk, with one to three projecting 

 lobiiles or granules anteriorly. 26 to .^O smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body, dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of 

 large prreanals. The adpressed limbs fail to meet, meet, or overlap. 



