100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. as. 



DASIA SMARAGDINA (Lesson). 



L830 Scincus smaragdinus Lesson, Voy. Coguille, Zool., vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 13, 



pi. :l, fig. 1 (type-locality, Ualan, Caroline Islands; Lesson, collector).— 



Lygosoma smaragdinum Boi denger, Cat. Li/.. Brit. Mus., vol.3, 1887, |>. 



i Barbour, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 4, Nov. 24, 1909, 



p. r,:> i I Lmkoro, Formosa). 



|s;;d. Scincus viridipunctus Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. A, pt. 1, p. 44, pi. 

 l, ii_'. i (type-locality, (Jalan, Caroline Islands Lesson, collector). 



L830. Scincus csdestinus Guerin, Icon. Regne Anim., Rept., pi. 1"), fig. 2 (type- 

 locality not given, probably Java I. 



1S7L'. Lygosoma (Hinulia) smaragdinum var. viridifuscum Peters, Mon.-Ber 

 Berlin Akad. Wiss., L872, p. 776 (type-locality, Boston Island; types in 

 Berlin Mus.; Godeffroy collection). 



1894. Lygosoma acutirostre Oudemans, in Semon, Zool. Forsch., vol. 5, (p. Ill, 

 fig.), (type-locality, Salayer Island, s. of Celebes). 



A single, very young specimen was acquired by Mr. Barbour from 

 Mr. Owston, whose collector obtained it in the central portion of 

 Formosa. By a careful comparison I can find no character which 

 would separate it from Philippine specimens. 



Description. Mus. Comp. Zool. ; Bankoro, Central Formosa; April 

 26, 1907; Owston coll. No. 9255. Distance between theend of snout 

 and the lore Leg equaling the distance between axilla and groin; 

 snout long, pointed, depressed; lower eyelid scaly; rostral large, 

 broadly in contact with fronto-nasal: fronto-nasal large, pentagonal, 

 broader than long, in contact with anterior loreal and prefrontals; 

 prefrontals broadly in contact separating fronto-nasal from frontal: 

 frontal as long as fronto-parietals and interparietal together, nar- 

 row behind, in contact with first, second, ami third supraoculars; 

 four subequal supraoculars; nine superciliaries, first two largest; 

 fronto-parietals and interparietal distinct, the latter as long as suture 

 between the former; parietals broadly in contact behind inter- 

 parietal; four auchals on left side, three on right; nostril in the 

 middle of n single nasal: no supranasal; two loreals, one behind 

 the other, both longer than bigh, especially the anterior, which is of 

 the same heighl as the nasal: eight supralabials, sixth forming a 

 large subocular much larger than the others and as long as the two 

 anterior to it ; two large temporals, the lower wedge-shaped, the upper 

 longer, with parallel upper ami lower edges and in contact with parie- 

 tal; ear-opening small, with one upper larger and two small lower 

 |obe> on its anterior border; 26 rows of smooth scales around the 

 middle of the body: preanal scales somewhat larger than those ad- 

 joining, especially the middle pair; hind leg stretched forward 

 reaches the axil: subdigital lamellae under fourth toe .'!.">: an en- 

 larged scale on heel. Color above (in alcohol) lighl brownish gray, 

 each scale edged with dark brown and almost every other in the 



