LYGOSOMA. 199 



the suture between the fifth and sixth upper labials falls below 

 the centre of the eye. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 smooth, subequal scales 

 round the middle of the body. No enlarged praeanals. The 

 adpressed limbs slightly overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 16 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and a 

 half the length of head and body. Pale bronzy olive above, with 

 a few black dots ; a lateral series of large black spots, partly con- 

 fluent into a band, from above the ear to the base of the tail, 

 extending forwards, as a narrow streak, to the nostril, and passing 

 through the eye ; flanks and lips with black dots. 



From snout to vent 1'6 inches : tail 2-4. 



Hal. Kakhven Hills. 



223. Lygosoma melanostictum. 



Lygosoma melanostictum, Bouleny. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 1887, 

 p. 479, pi. vii, fig. 2. 



Habit lacertiform ; distance between end of snout and fore 

 limb contained l to If times in distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal 

 much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the rostral ; 

 prsefrontals forming a median suture ; frontal as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two 

 anterior supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, first longer than second ; 

 9 or 10 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 subequal in size ; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; no enlarged nuchals ; the suture between the fifth and 

 sixth upper labials falls below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening 

 oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 

 34 or 36 smooth scales round the middle of the body, laterals 

 smallest. A pair of slightly enlarged pra?anals. The adpressed 

 limbs hardly meet, or slightly overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; 

 subdigital lamellae smooth, 17 to 19 under the fourth toe. Tail 

 1| to If times the length of head and body. Pale brown or bronzy 

 above, with black dots, which are crowded to form a lateral baud 

 from the snout to the tail ; lips and flanks whitish or pinkish, 

 dotted with black ; lower surface whitish, throat often dotted 

 with black. 



From snout to vent 2'3 inches. 



Hal. Hills of Northern Tenasserim, between 3300 and 4000 

 feet. 



224. Lygosoma sikkimense. 



Mocoa sikkimensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxli, 18o4, p. 652 ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 60. 



Tiliqua schlegelii, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 153, pi. xxv, fig. C. 

 Eumeces schlegelii, Giinth. Rept. B. 1. p. 86. 



