96 SCIXCID.'E. 



no supranasal ; frontonasal broadly in contact with rostral and 

 with frontal ; prtefrontals small ; frontal small, acutely pointed 

 behind, scarcely longer than frontoparietal, which is single ; four 

 supraoculars ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 3 or 4 pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial below the eye. Ear 

 hidden under scales, indicated by a mere depression. 18 or 20 

 smooth scales round the body, of two dorsal rows largest. Prae- 

 anals slightly enlarged. Digits slender ; fourth toe the longest, 

 with 15 or 16 lamellae interiorly. Yellowish or pale bi'own above, 

 with four blackish longitudinal bands, the median pair extending 

 to the supraoculars, the lateral to the eyes; digits with dark 

 cross-bars ; lower parts yellowish or brownish white. 



From snout to vent 37 millim. 



Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Malay Peninsula. Found on 

 Bukit Besar, Patani States, by Messrs. Annandale & Eobinson. 



102. Lygosoma surdum. 



Bouleus'. Jom-n. Bombay Nat. Hist. See. xiii, p. 333, pi. — , fig. 2 

 (1900). 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb neai'ly twice in 

 distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed but 

 short, pentadactyle, widely separated when pressed against the 

 body. Snout pointed ; lower eyelid with an undivided semi- 

 transparent disk ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broadly in contact 

 \\ith rostral and with frontal ; pra^frontals small ; frontal narrow, 

 a little longer than frontoparietal, which is single ; four supra- 

 oculars ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; three 

 pairs of nuchals; fourth and fifth labials below the eye. Ear 

 hidden under scales, indicated by a mere depression, 20 smooth 

 scales round the body, of two dorsal rows largest. Praeanals 

 scarcely enlarged. Fourth toe longest, with 16 Jamellaj interiorly. 

 Uniform dark brown above, greyish beneath. 



From snout to vent 50 millim. ; tail 67. 



Known from two specimens discovered by Mr. A. L. Butler in 

 Selanwor : the first on the Sungei Buloh Eiver, among the roots of 

 a large epiphytic plant ; the second at Kuala Lumpur, under the 

 dead fibre round a palm tree. 



103. Lygosoma cophias. 



Bouleng. Journ. Fed. Mai. St.'Mus. iii, p. 07, pi. iv, fig. 3 (1908). 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb twice in distance 

 betweevi axilla and groin. Limbs well developed but short, widely 

 separated when pressed against the body. Snout obtuse ; lower 

 eyelid scaly ; no supranasal ; frontonasal forming a bi'oad suture 

 with the rostral and a narrow one with the frontal, which is 



