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slender; the distance between the tip of the snout and the 

 fore limb is contained one time and one fifth in the distance 

 between axilla and groin ; 28 smooth scales round the middle, 

 the two vertebral series largest, laterals small ; praeanals 

 enlarged. Tail nearly one time and a half the length of head 

 and body. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the axilla ; 

 digits compressed distally, fourth toe with 25 smooth lamellae 

 below. 



Pale reddish-brown above, with a greenish-white vertebral 

 stripe, beginning at the tip of the snout, bordered on each 

 side by a broad black stripe; flanks pale olive, with or without 

 black dots; limbs black-spotted. Lower parts greenish-white. 

 Length of head and body 42 mm. ; tail 56 mm. 



Habitat: Mentawei Islands (Sipora) ; Borneo (Baram 

 district ! ). — Malacca (500 and 2300 feet). 



70. Lygosoma noctua (Lesson). 



Scincus noctua^ Lesson, Voy. Coquille Zool. II 1830, p. 48 pi. Ill fig. 4. 

 Lygosoma noctua^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 256 (s. syn.). 

 Leiolepisma noctua^ Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. XLIV 191 2, 

 P- 93- 



Snout pointed ; lower eyelid with a transparent disk ; ear- 

 opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening, no lobules. Nostril 

 in the nasal ; no supranasals ; frontonasal as long as broad, in 

 contact with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter as long 

 as frontoparietal and interparietal together, or a little shorter, 

 in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, 

 first and last longest; eight supraciliaries; frontoparietals as 

 long as the interparietal; parietals in contact; two or three 

 pair of nuchals; fifth upper labial below the eye. Body with 

 24 — 26 smooth scales round the middle, dorsals largest ; the 

 distance between the tip of the snout and the fore limb is 

 contained one time and one fourth to one time and three fifths in 

 the distance between axilla and groin; praeanals enlarged. 

 Tail slightly longer than head and body. Limbs strong, over- 

 lapping when adpressed ; digits compressed distally, fourth toe 

 with 19 — 22 smooth lamellae below. 



Golden brown above; on the occiput a white, dark-edged 

 spot, continuous with a light vertebral stripe, edged on each 

 side with dark brown spots ; a brown lateral band, formed by 

 large spots, dotted with light; lips with dark brown spots. 



