212 SCINCID^. 



XI, Limbs short, or rudimentary, or absent. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 jS^o supranasals. Prsefrontals small and widely separated. 

 Frontal broader than the supraocular region. 



{Lygosoma, Gray, p. 224.) 



Synopsis of iJie Species. 



I. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; the length of the hind 

 limb exceeds the distance between the centre of the eye and 

 the fore limb. Lower eyelid scaly. Tympanum distinct. 

 No supranasals. Frontal not broader than the supraocular 

 region. Frontoparietals distinct. A pair of enlarged prseanais. 

 (Hi)iulia, Gray.) 



A. Ear-opening with projecting lobules anteriorly ; three or four 

 supraoculars. 



1. Prtefrontals forming a median suture. 



24 to 34 scales round the middle of the 

 body; subdigital lamelljE feebly keeled; 

 four supraoculars 1. lesueurii, p. 225. 



30 scales round the body ; subdigital 

 lamellae feebly keeled ; three supra- 

 oculars 2. dorsale, p. 226. 



22 scales round the body ; subdigital 



lamellae sharply keeled 3. lece, p. 226. 



2. Frontonasal forming a suture with the frontal. 



a. Frontal in contact with the three anterior supraoculars. 



24 to 26 scales round the body ; four 



labials anterior to the subocular .... 4. tceniolatum, p. 227. 

 30 scales round the body ; four labials 



anterior to the subocular 5. Jischeri, p. 228. 



28 scales round the body ; three labials 



anterior to the subocular 6. strauchii, p. 229. 



h. Frontal in contact with the two anterior supraoculars. 



26 to 28 scales round the body 7. labiUardierii, p. 229. 



B. No auricular lobules ; frontonasal in contact with the rostral. 



1. Frontoparietals distinct. 



a. Four large supraoculars ; a single anterior loreaL 



a. 36 to 40 scales round the middle of the body ; prse- 

 frontals in contact. 



The adprcssed limbs overlap 8. qtioyi, p. 230. 



The adpressed limbs fail to meet 15. richardsoaii, p. 235. 



