08 DIBAMID.?:. 



scales round the hod)'. A pair of enlarged prsRanals. Hind limb 

 twice as long as fore limb ; fingers tnbercule-like, clawed, equal ; 

 second toe twice as long as first. Uniform brownish. 



From snout to vent 114 millira. ; tail 128. 



The t3'pe of this species was obtained by Mr. Wray on Maxwell's 

 Hill, Perak, at an altitude of 3000 ft. Other specimens were 

 obtained by Mr. Butler in the same locality at 4000 ft. 



roo. Lygosoma miodactylum. 



Bouleng. Fascic. Malay., Zool. i, p. 159, pi. x, fig. 3 (1903). 



Body much elongate ; limbs minute, the anterior with two 

 rudimentary, bud-like digits with blunt claws, the posterior 

 terminating in a single sharp claw. 8nout obtuse ; lower eyelid 

 scaly ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broadly in contact with the 

 rostral and with the frontal ; prsefrontals small ; frontal slightly 

 longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region ; four 

 supraoculars ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; 

 fourth labial below the eye. Ear completely hidden, 22 smooth 

 scales round the body. A pair of enlarged prseanals. Dark 

 brown above, white beneath, sides white with longitudinal series 

 of brown spots corresponding to the scales. 



From snout to vent 87 millim. 



A single specimen was found at the Semangko Pass, Selangor- 

 Pahang Boundary, at an altitude of 2700 ft,, and still remains 

 unique. 



Family DIBAMID^. 



Skull compact ; no arches ; prsemaxillaries distinct ; uo inter- 

 orbital septum ; no columella cranii. Teeth small, pointed, 

 hooked, none on the palate. Not even rudiments of the shoulder- 

 girdle. 



Tongue short, pointed in front, covered with curved lamellae or 

 plicae. Eyes rudimentary, concealed under the shields. No ear- 

 opening. Head with large shields. Body vermiform, covered 

 with cycloid imbricate scales. Fore limbs absent ; the hind pair 

 absent or represented by a pair of flaps on the sides of the 

 vent. 



Degraded, burro\\iug lizards, in all probability derived from the 

 Scincidce. 



A siugle genus. 



