LYGOSOMA. 97 



scarcely longer than the interparietal ; four supraoculars ; parietals 

 in contact behind the interparietal ; no nuchals ; fourth and fifth 

 labials below the eye. Ear hidden, indicated by a depression. 

 22 smooth scales round the body. No enlarged prseanals. Toes 

 short, fourth not longer than third, with 12 smooth lamellae 

 inferiorly. Brown above, mottled with darker, white beneath. 



.From snout to vent 36 millim. 



A single specimen was obtained on Gunong Tahan, at an altitude 

 of 3000 feet. 



104. Lygosoma chalcides. 



Lacerfa chcdcides, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 300 (1760). 



Lyi/osoma chalcides, Cantor, Journ. Asiat. See. Bengal, xvi, p. 660 



(1847); Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 340 (1837); S. Flower, 



P. Z. S. 1899, p. 652. 

 Eumeces chalcides, Giinth. Kept. Brit. lud. p. 90 (1864). 



Body much elongate ; limbs very weak, pentadactyle Snout 

 obtuse ; lower eyelid scaly ; no supranasal ; frontonasal forming 

 a suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; prsefrontals small ; 

 frontal small, a little broader than the supraocular region ; four 

 supraoculars ; frontoparietal single, large ; parietals forming a 

 suture behind the interparietal ; fifth labial below eye, first largest. 

 Ear-opening puuctiform, about as large as nostril. 24 or 26 

 smooth scales round the body. Prseauals not or very slightly 

 enlai'ged. Digits extremely short, subequal. Pale brown above, 

 with more or less distinct darker longitudinal lines running 

 between the series of scales, or with fine longitudinal golden- 

 brown lines ; white beneath, uniform or with brown longitudinal 

 lines. 



From snout to vent 96 millim. ; tail 96. 



Southern China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java. Known from' 

 Penang, Perak, and Kelantan. 



Dr. Annandale observes that the limbs of this species'^are of 

 more use in progression than their small size would indicate. 

 These lizards are, however, burrowing forms, so often associated 

 with the Typhlopidae that the Malays regard them as the larvse of 

 these snakes: 



105. Lygosoma larutense. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v, p. 300 (1900). 



Body much elongate ; limbs minute, didactyle. Snout obtuse ; 

 lower eyelid scaly ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broadly in contact 

 with rostral and with frontal ; prefrontals small ; frontal slightly 

 longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region ; four 

 supraoculars ; parietals forming a suture behhid the interparietal ; 

 fourth labial below the eye. Ear completely hidden. 26 smooth 



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