LYGOSOMA. 93 



above, each dorsal scale with a darker spot forming more or less 

 continuous longitudinal lines ; a dark brown dorso-lateral band, 

 edged with yellowish above ; sides pale pink to bright vermilion, 

 spotted with black and yellow ; yellow beneath, sometimes pale 

 coral-red on the throat. 



From snout to vent 55 raillim. ; tail G5. 



Fii'st described from Hong Kong, this species has since been 

 recorded from Tonkin, Burma, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, 

 and Celebes. In the Malay Peninsula it is only known from 

 Singapore and Jambu, one of the Patani States. 



Capt. Flower observes that this Scink spends the day hiding 

 under stones, logs, &c., and only goes about after its prey at 

 twiliglit. 



96. Lygosoma albopunctatum. 



Hiojm alhopunctata, Grav, Aim. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii, p. 430 



(1846). 

 Eumeces punctatus, Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, xvi, p 651 



(1847). 

 Eiimeces alhopunctatus, Giinth. Kept. Brit. Iiid. p. 92 (1864). 

 Lygosoma albopunctatum, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 309 (1887) ; id. 



Paun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 208 (1890). 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb 2 to 2^ times in 

 distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed but 

 short, pentadactyle, not meeting when pressed against the body. 

 Snout obtuse ; lower eyelid scaly ; supranasals present, in contact 

 behind the rostral; frontonasal forming a suture with the frontal, 

 which is as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together • 

 four supraoculars; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; nuchals present or absent ; fifth or fifth and sixth labials 

 below centre of eye, not longer than deep, not twice as long as 

 the other labials. Ear-opening small, round. 26 or 28 smooth 

 scales round the body. Marginal prasanals scarcely enlarged. 

 Digits moderate, compressed ; fourth toe a little longer than third, 

 with 12 to 15 feebly keeled lamellae inferiorly. Pale brown or 

 rufous above, each dorsal scale with a darker spot forming lono-i- 

 tudinal series ; sides spotted with black and white ; lower parts 

 yellowish white. 



From snout to vent 65 millim. ; tail 75. 



India, Assam, Burma, and Penang. 



97. Lygosoma bampfyldii. 



E. Bartlett, Journ. Straits Branch Asiatic Soc. No. 28, p. 96 

 (1895) ; Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi, p. 192 (1900). 



Lygosoma schneideri, Werner, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xiii, p. 487, 

 pi. xxxi, fig. 1 (1900). 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb 1| times in 

 distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed but 

 short, pentadactyle, not meeting when pressed against the body. 



