202 SCINCID.E. 



equal; 6 to 8 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal dis- 

 tinct, subequal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 3 or 4 pairs of nuchals ; fifth or sixth upper labial entering the 

 orbit. Ear-opening oval, much smaller than the eye-opening, 

 with two or three projecting lobules or granules anteriorly. 32 to 

 38 smooth scales round tho middle of the body, laterals smallest. 

 A pair of large praeanals. The adpressed limbs meet or overlap. 

 Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital lamella? smooth, 21 to '24 under 

 the fourth toe. Tail a little longer than head and body. Bron/y 

 olive above, with small darker and lighter spots ; a more or less 

 dark brown lateral band, dotted with pale olive, sometimes 

 bordered above and below by a light streak ; lower surfaces 

 greenish. 



From snout to vent 2 inches ; tail 2*6. 



Hal. Ladak, Upper Indus Valley (12,000-14,000 feet). 



228. Lygosoma laterimaculatum. 



Lygosoma laterimaculatum, Boulenq. Cat. Liz. m, p. 2(!0, pi. xviii, 

 'fig. 2. 



Habit lacertiform ; distance between end of snout and fore limb 

 contained 1J to Ig 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 

 broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and with the 

 frontal ; latter shield a little shorter than the frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact with the first and second supra- 

 oculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest : 7 or 8 supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, usually subequal ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 3 to 5 pairs 

 of nuchals ; fifth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening 

 oval, smaller than the eye-opening, without projecting granules or 

 lobules. 20 or 28 scales round the middle of the body, smooth, 

 or dorsals feebly pluricarinate, dorsals largest, laterals smallest. 

 A pair of enlarged prseanals, not much longer than broad. The 

 hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow. Digits subcylindrical : 

 subdigital lamella? smooth, 21 to 25 under the fourth toe. Tail \^ 

 to 1| times the length of head and body. Bronzy above, with a 

 blackish lateral streak, light-edged above, along the head and body ; 

 two fine black lines or series of dots along the back ; sides of head 

 and body below the lateral streak largely and closely spotted with 

 black ; lower surfaces greyish ; tail blue in the young. 



From snout to vent 1-8 inches. 



Hub. Nilgiri, Travancore, and Tinnevelly Hills, S. India. 



229. Lygosoma bilineatum. 



Mocoa bilineata, Gray, A. M. N. H. xviii, 1840, p. 430 ; Theol. Cat. 



p. 58. 



Eumeces bilineatus, Giinth. R^t. B. I. p. 86. 

 Lygosoma bilineatum, Battlmg, Cat. Liz. iii, p. 259, pi. xviii, fig. 1. 



