the centre of eye. Ear-opening small, hardly as large as the pupil, 

 round, with a projecting lohule anteriorly. 28 smooth, subequal 

 scales round the middle of the body. No enlarged pracanals. The 

 adpressed limbs fail to meet ; the fore limb stretched forwards 

 reaches a little beyond the ear ; hind limb half the distance between 

 axilla and groin. Fourth toe longer than third ; subdigital lamellae 

 obtusely keeled, 15 under the fourth toe. Eufous above, each 

 scale edged with dark brown ; sides browu, with yellowish spots : 

 lower parts uniform yellowish. 



From snout to vent 2-25 inches. 



Hob. Minhla, Upper Burma. 



238. Lygosoma albopunctatum. 



Ifiopa albopunctata, Gray, A. M. N. H. xviii, 1840, p. 430; Theob. 



Cat. p. 62. 



Eunieces pimctatus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 651. 

 Eumeces albopunctatus, Oilnth. Rept. B. 1. p. 92. 

 Lygosoma albopunctatum, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 309. 



Body elongate, limbs weak; distance between end of snout 

 and fore limb contained 2 to 2^ times in the distance between 

 axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Suprauasals present, in contact behind the rostral ; frontouasal 

 much broader than long, in contact with the frontal ; prsefrontals 

 small; frontal as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 4 supraoculars ; 7 or 8 supraciliaries, first and last largest ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, larger than the interparietal ; parietals forming 

 a suture behind the interparietal ; nuchals frequently indistinct ; 

 fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening small, 

 oval, with one or two small lobules anteriorly. 26 or 28 scales 

 round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. Marginal 

 pra3anals scarcely enlarged. The fore limb stretched forwards 

 reaches the ear or a little beyond ; the length of the hind limb is 

 contained 2| to 3 times in the distance between axilla and groin. 

 Fourth toe longer than third ; subdigital lamellso feebly unicariuate, 

 12 to 15 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, a little longer than head 

 and body. Pale brown or rufous above, sides closely dotted with 

 black ; each dorsal and nuchal scale with a more or less distinct dark 

 brown dot, forming longitudinal series ; sides of neck and anterior 

 part of body white-spotted ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



From snout to vent 2-5 inches. 



Hob. Southern India, Lower Grodsvvari valley, Bilaspur, Bengal, 

 Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



239. Lygosoma punctatum. 



Lacerta punctata, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i, p. 369. 

 Kiopa hardwickii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 96 ; Theob. Cat. p. 63. 

 Eumeces hardwickii, Giinth. Kept. B. 1. p. 92. 

 Lygosoma punctatum, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 310. 



