^38 sctNCiDJ;. 



of fhe snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower 

 eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 rostral forming a narrow suture with the frontonasal, which is 

 broader than long ; pra;froutals forming a median suture ; frontal as 

 long as frontoparietals, in contact with the first and second supra- 

 oculars ; five supraoculars ; nine supraciliaries, first largest ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, subcqual in length ; parietals 

 forming a short suture behind the interparietal ; four pairs of 

 nuchals ; sixth upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening 

 oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 

 smooth scales round the middle of the body, the two vertebral series 

 composed of very broad scales. A pair of enlarged pra^anals. The 

 adpressed limbs fail to meet. Digits moderately elongate, com- 

 pressed ; subdigital lamellse obtusely keeled, divided, 25 under the 

 fourth toe. Tail thick, once and one third as long as head and body. 

 Blackish brown above, with irregular yellowish cross bars ; lower 

 surfaces yellowish, throat marbled with dark brown. 



. Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



19. Lygosoma undulatmn. 



Lygosoma (Hinulia) undulatum, Peters ^- Doric, Ann. 3fus, Geneva, 

 \i\\. 1878, p. 313. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once and three fifths 

 in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 

 Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supra- 

 nasal ; rostral narrowed and produced superiorly, forming a straight 

 suture with the frontonasal, which is broader than long ; prsefrontals 

 forming a median suture ; frontal not or scarcely longer than the 

 frontoparietals, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 five supraoculars, first at least twice as long as second ; ten supra- 

 ciliaries, first and last largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal 

 distinct, subequal in length ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial 

 below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening moderate, oval, con- 

 siderably smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 28 

 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; laterals smallest, the 

 two vertebral series composed of very broad scales. A paii- of large 

 prasanals. The adpressed limbs slightly overlap. Digits moderately 

 elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamella; obtusely keeled, 20 under 



