306 Mr. G. A. Boiilenger on new 



N.B. — Since writing this note I have learnt that pt. iii. of 

 the 'Annals of the South African Museum,' containing the 

 descriptions of these and many other new species of Solifugfe, 

 not to mention other Arthropods, has been issued, bearing the 

 date December 1899, although it does not appear to have 

 been published before February 1900. 



XXXIX. — Descriptions of new Rfj)t.iles from Perah, Malay 

 Peninsula. By G. A. BoULENGER, F.R.S. 



The reptiles here described form part of a collection sub- 

 mitted to me for identification by Mr. L. Wray, Curator of 

 the Pcrak Museum, to which they belong. 



Lygosoma larutense. 



Section Lygosoma. Body much elongate ; limbs minute, 

 didactyle. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in the anterior part of the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal twice as broad as long, forming sutures with the 

 rostral and with the frontal ; prefrontals small ; frontal 

 slightly longer than broad, broader than the supraocularregion, 

 in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars ; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct ; inter- 

 parietal a little longer than the frontoparietals ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal ; fourth upper labial 

 entering the orbit, second and third smaller than first and 

 fourth. Ear completely hidden. 26 smooth scales round tlic 

 middle of the body, equal. A pair of enlarged prreanals. 

 Hind limb twice as long as fore limb; fingers tubercle-like, 

 clawed, equal; second toe twice as long as first. Tail thick. 

 Uniform brownish in spirit (faded?). 



milliiu. 



Total length LU2 



Head 13 



Width of head 9 



Body lOJ 



Fore limb 7 



Hind limb 13 



Tail ... 128 



A single specimen from Maxwell's Hill, Larut, 3000 feet 

 elevation. 



Closely allied to L. sumatrense, Cthr. Scales round the 

 body more numerous and hind limb less rudimentary. 



Ilydrophis rliomhrfer. 

 Head very small; body long, extremely slender anteriorly. 



