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narrow beliind, shorter than tlie frontoparietals anfl interparietal 

 together. Nuchals feebly enlarged. Four large supraoculars. Fifth 

 and sixth supralabials largest and below the eye. Ear opening large, 

 oval, nearly as large as the eye opening ; no lobules. 36 smooth scales 

 round mid-body, laterals scarcely, if any, smaller than dorsals or 

 ventrals; a pair of enlarged prasinals. Digits rather long, 17 to 18 

 obtusely keeled lamellae beneath the 4th toe. 



Colour. Light brown above, n-ith a series of largish, irregularly 

 shaped, black spots down the middle of the back ; upon the neck they 

 are paired. A dark brown or black band starting froui behind the eye, 

 and broadening as it passes along the upper half of the flank on to the 

 base of the tail, where it disappears. It is broken at intervals by light 

 spots. Below white. Tail light yellowish brown, (pinkish in life). 

 Labials with faint dark spots at the sutures. 



Length. Snout to vent 34 mm., tail 58. 



Described from a single specimen taken among lirae-stone rocks 

 at Chong Kae, near Paknarapo, Central Siam. 



The species is allied to L. vielanodicum, Blgr., from northern 

 Teiiasserim and Siam, from which It differs in the longer limbs, 

 smaller size, and very distinctly in colouration. 



A second specimen of this liz;ard has been taken at llin Lap in 

 the Dong Rek mountains, V). Siam. It agrees in every particular with 

 the type. 



Simotes barroni, sp. nov. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral visible above e(|ual to or less 

 than the interprrefrontal suture, which is longer than the internasal 

 suture ; frontal longer than its distance to the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parielals ; loreal as long as deep or a little longer 

 than deep ; 1 pr;e- and 2 pust-oculars ; no sub-ocular ; 1 long anterior 

 temporal, followed by a pair ; 7 supra-bibials, the ord and Ith entering 

 the eye; 1 infralabials in contact witii the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are twice as long as the posterior. Scales smooth; in 17 rows in the 

 middle of the body, in 15 rows two heads' lengths in front of the vent. 

 Ventrals 141 — 146; anal single; sub-caudals 39 — 41. 



Colour; above liglit brown, with a series ( 10-11 on the body 

 and o Qn the tail ) of large dark bivjwn, black-edged spots placed 



TOURN. NAT. HIST. SOC. SUM. 



