LYOOSOMA. 87 



Distance between end of snout aud fore limb 

 twice in distance between axilla and groin. L. siirdum, p. 96. 

 b. Frontoparietal paired; 22 scales 

 round the body ; lower eyelid 

 scaly ' L. cophias, p. 96. 



II. Limbs rudimentary. 



Digits live, extremely short, subequal ; a 

 puuctiform ear-opening ; 24 or 26 scales 

 round the body L. chalcides, p. 97. 



Digits two ; ear hidden ; 26 scales round the 



body L. larntense, p. 97. 



Digits two to the fore limb ; hind limb un- 

 divided ; ear hidden ; 22 scales round the 

 body L. miodactylum, p. 98. 



Note. — The L. indicmn, Gray (Ann & Mag. Nat, Hist. [2] sii, 

 1853, p. 38S), ranging from the Eastern Himalayas and Southern 



Fig, 24. — Lygosoma indiciim. 



China to Tenasserira, and which is here figured, will probably be 

 found in the Malay Peninsula. It differs from L. maculatum in 

 having only four large supraoculars. 



86, Lygosoma stellatum, 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, (7) vi, p. 192 (1900). 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb 1^ to Ig times in 

 distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed, penta- 

 dactyle ; the hiud limb reaches the wrist or the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Snout obtusely pointed ; lower eyelid scaly ; 

 no supranasal ; rostral forming a straight suture with the fronto- 

 nasal ; prcsfi'ontals meeting or forming a short median suture (in 

 one specimen separated by a small azygous shield) ; frontal as 

 long as frontoparietals and interparietal together ; five supra- 

 oculars, fifth very small ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; 2 or 3 pairs of nuchals ; fifth labial below centre of 

 eye. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than eye-oi)ening ; no 

 auricular lobules. 24 smooth scales round the body, dorsals 



