700 G. A. liOULENGER 



20 or "IS scales round the body, and ilorsal spots smaller 

 than in the typo. 



iJl). Lygosoma subnitens, Bttgr. — Moioka. 



In some specimens the praefrontals form a median suture , 

 whilst in others the frontonasal touches the ])oint of the frontal 

 as in the type from Bongu, Astrolabe Bay. 



30. Lygosoma fuscum, D. & B. — Uigo, Ivelesi, Aroma, Bara 

 Bara , Ha veri , Inawi. 



The extremely numerous specimens from the above localities 

 vary much in the coloration and markings. Some are uniform 

 brown, others olive witii l)luish white spots or ocelli edged with 

 1>lack, or with large black and white spots or marblings on the 

 sides ; four or six light streaks may be present along the body ; 

 throat sometimes much spotted with dark brown , or nearly 

 entirely black (L. alrogulare, Douglas Ogilby). 



31. Lygosoma nigrigulare, sp. n. (PL YII, fig. 3). — Section 

 Liolepisma. Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and one sixth to once 

 and one third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout mo- 

 derate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 

 Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broader 

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

 one with t!ie frontal; latter shield as long as the frontoparietal, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars; 

 second largest ; eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; no 

 interparietal ; parietals forming a median suture ; a pair of 

 nuchals and a pair of temporals border tiie parietals ; four upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening oval, larger than 

 the transparent jialpebral disk, with small, pointed, projecting 

 lobules all round the border. 34 to 38 scales round the middle 

 of the body, dorsals largest and smooth or faintly tricarinate. 

 Praeanal scales slightly enlarged. The hind limb reaches the 

 axilla or the shoulder. Fingers four, toes five ; subdigitai lamellae 

 smooth, 30 to 3i2 under the fourth toe. Tail once and a half to 

 once and two thirds the length of head and l)ody. Blackish 

 brown above, strongly iridescent, uniform or with indistinct 



