1909. 



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12. Lvgosonia dawsonii, sp. nov. 

 vSubgeiius Keneuxia. 



Habit lacertiform, stout ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb 1^ to i^ times in that between the axilla 

 and the groin. Snout short, obtuse, not depressed ; loreal region 

 \'ertical ; lower eyelid seal}- ; a small supranasal, which is widely 

 separated from its fellow, but no postnasal present ; frontonasal 

 forming a broad suture with the rostral and with the frontal, 

 which is at least as long as the parietals and the interparietal 

 together ; interparietals forming a long median suture ; a pair of 

 enlarged nuchals present ; four superoculars, of which the second 

 is in contact with the frontal and much larger than any of the 

 others. Twenty-eight scales round the body ; the dorsals/ laterals, 

 nuchals and the scales on the dorsal surface of the limbs with from 

 three to seven strong keels. No enlarged prseana's, but the ventrals 

 much larger posteriorly than anteriorly. Dorsal surface blackish 

 olive, darker in the adult than in the 3^oung ; many parti-coloured 

 black-and-white scales on the sides ; a narrow pale Hne, more or less 

 interrupted, extending from the superciliary region to a point 

 above and a little behind the axilla, and another similar line from 

 below the anterior border of the eye to the fore limb ; throat of 

 adult (in life) bright pink, more or less spotted with black. 



Measurements of type specimen (Regd. No, 16170). 



Total length . . . . . . 120 mm. 



58 



lycngth of head and body 

 ,, tail 

 ,, ,, fore limb 

 ,, ,, hind limb 

 ,, ,, snout 



Breadth of head 



62 



23 

 26 



4 

 5 



Habitat. — Described from an adult specimen taken at Madda- 

 thorai and from three young ones, one from Tenmalai, one from 

 Kulattupuzha, and one from Shasthancottah, the three former 

 places being among or at the western base of the Western Ghats, 

 and the latter near the coast. 



In some respects this species resembles the common Mabuia 

 carinata^ but it is a true Ly go so ma ; the coloration is very distinctive. 



13. Lygosoma albopunctatuni . 

 A specimen from Shasthancottah. 



14. Ri Stella guentheri. 



A specimen from Tenmalai, in the Western Ghats. 



15. Ristella beddomJi 



A small specimen from under a stone by the roadside, neai 

 Tenmalai. 



