REPTILES FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA C)9U 



the distance between axilla and groin. Snout very short, obtuse. 

 Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; frontonasal 

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

 a narrow one with the frontal ; nasal followed by two super- 

 posed shields on the left side and by three on the right , the 

 upper of the latter representing a supranasal ; frontal as long as 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 

 three anterior supraoculars ; nine supraoculars , first twice as 

 long as second, ninth very small; twelve supraciliaries; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, the former a little longer 

 than the latter ; parietals forming a suture beliind the inter- 

 parietal ; no nuchals, each parietal in contact with five scales; 

 fifth, sixth and seventh labials below the eye. Ear-opening large, 

 ON'al, smaller than the eye-opening ; tympanum scarcely sunk ; 

 no auricular lobules. 50 smooth scales round tlie middle of the 

 body, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged praeanals. The hind 

 limb reaches the axilla. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigitai 

 lamellae unicarinate, divided, !21 under the fourth toe. Tail once 

 and three fifths the length of head and body. Brown above , 

 with yellowish spots inclosed in a dark brown netw^ork ; a 

 round , deep-black spot above the shoulder ; lower parts yel- 

 lowish. 



Total length 122 millim. 



Head 11 



Width of head 8 



Body 37 



Fore limb . . - 15 » 



Hind limb 23 » 



Tail 74 



A. single specimen from Moroka. 



25. Lygosoma smaragdinum, Less. — Aroma, Bara Bara. 

 Five (exceptionally four) labials anterior to the subocular. 24 



scales round the middle of the body. 



26. Lygosoma virens, Ptrs. — Bara Bara. 



27. Lygosoma semoni, Oudemans. — Bara Bara, Kelesi. 



28. Lygosoma elegans, Blgr. — Moroka. 



