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This species is very closely allied to the Suniatran L. ma- 

 layammi, Doria (Ann. Mus, Civ. Genova, 2, YI, 1888, p. 651), 

 which differs in having the rostral deeper, hardly twice as broad 

 as deep (the portion seen from above as long as the frontonasal), 

 and the body considerably more elongate. 



12. Lyg'osoma vittig-emiix, sp. n. 



Section Liolepisma. Habit lacertiforme , slender ; the distance 

 between the end of the snout and the fore limb contained once 

 and one fifth in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 very long, acutely pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal as long as broad, forming a suture with the rostral 

 and just touching the point of the frontal ; frontal very narrow 

 behind, as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraocu- 

 lars, first and fourth longest; seven supraciliaries; frontoparietals 

 and interparietal distinct; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; three pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial large 

 and entering the orbit. Ear-opening small, roundish, without 

 projecting lobules. 28 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body, dorsals (especially the two vertebral series) largest, laterals 

 very small. A pair of enlarged praeanals. The hind limb reaches 

 the axilla. Digits cylindrical at the base, compressed at the end ; 

 25 lamellae under the fourth toe. A greenish-white vertebral 

 stripe, extending to the end of the snout, bordered on each side 

 by a somewhat broader black stripe ; sides pale olive , with 

 black dots ; limbs spotted with black ; lower parts greenish 

 white. 



From snout to vent millim. 37 Body millim. 27 



Head » 10 Fore limb ... » 14 



Width of head . . » 5 j Hind limb ... » 17 



A single specimen, without tail. Very closely allied to L. pul- 

 chellum. Gray, from the Pliilippines. 



