LYGOSOMA. 



205 



labial imcler the orbit. Ear-opeiiiug very large, rounded, with a 

 perfectly smooth edge all rouud. 22 smooth scales roimd the 

 middle of the body, dorsals slightly larger than laterals. A pair of 

 moderately enlarged prseanals. Limbs proportionately develoj)ed, 

 with the toes very slender. Head above brown, ])alcr on the snoul ; 

 ;3 longitudinal white bands along the body, separated by 2 some- 

 \\hat broader brown bauds ; the median dorsal white band becomes 

 obsolete at the root of the tail : labials and sides of head brownish, 

 spotted with white ; limbs above with very close longitudinal 

 brown lines, digits powdered with pure white ; \o\\qv portion of 

 the sides and lower surfaces livid carneous, tinged with bright 

 orange on the lower belly and on the tail. 



Total length 4 inches, of which the tail measures nearly 2-5. 



Hah. South Andaman. A single specimen, \\hieh I have not 

 seen, was obtained on a sandy beach in Maepherson's Straits. . 



233. Lygosoma macrotis. 



Euprepes macrotis, Sfeind, Novara, Itept. p. 48. 



Mocoa macrotis, Thcuh. Cat, p. GO. 



Lygosoma macrotis, Boulenr/. Cat. Liz. iii, y. '2(j'). 



Lower eyelid with an undi\ided transparent disk. Xo supra- 

 nasals ; rostral large, posterior border convex and forming a cur\ed 

 suture with the frontonasal, which is in contact posteriorly with the 

 anterior angle of the frontal ; frontoparietals and interparietal 

 distinct. Ear-opening very large, circular, without projecting 

 lobules. 31 smooth scales round the body. A pair of large 

 prajanals. Brown above, with a deep black lateral band ; belly 

 yello\Aish white. 



Hah. Nicobars. 1 have not seen this lizard. 



The follo\\"ing species is insufficiently described : — 



Mocoa Formosa, Blvth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1^53, p. 651 ; Theob. 

 Cat. Kept. Mus. As. Soc. p. 26 ; id. Cat. p. 58. 



" Length 7 in., of w hicli the tail measures half. .Scales hexagonal, 

 in 6 dorsal series. Praeanal scales similar to the abdominal. 

 Form robust. Frontal shield elongate-pentagonal, broadest to the 

 front, and rounded posteriorly. Internasal and frontonasals 

 lozenge-shaped, or somewhat fan-shaped, broader than long. 

 Frontoparietals distinct, but unsymmeti-ically divided. Colour olive- 

 green, with l)lack lateral and pale superlatez-al bands as usual, the 

 former much speckled with greenish white, and the latter showing 

 a series of black spots. Between the pale superlateral streaks are 

 five narrow black lines along the nape and body, variegated with 

 angular greenish-white spots. A few such spots appear also ou 

 the upper surface of the tail, caused by a scale variegated with 

 black and greenish white here and there placed. Limbs minutely 

 pencilled with black, and spots or streaks of the same upon the 

 head. Underparts greenish-plumbeous throughout." 



Hah. Mirzapur (N.W.P.), and AVazirabad, Punjab. 



