240 SCTNCID^. 



border pointed ; nasals not widely separated ; frontonasal with 

 straight posterior border ; prajfrontals forming a median suture ; 

 frontal pointed posteriorly ; four supraoculars ; interparietal as 

 lai'ge as frontoparietals, which are distinct ; a single anterior loreal. 

 Ear-opening moderate, without lobules. 30 smooth scales round 

 the body ; laterals smallest, dorsals, especially the two vertebral 

 series, largest. A pair of enlarged prajanals. Limbs moderate. 

 Brown above, with yellowish-grey spots forming transverse bands 

 on the back and tail ; throat with irregular brown lines. 



millim. niillim. 



From snout to vent. 60 Pore limb 14 



Head 12 Tail 70 



Haas, New Guinea. 



22. Lygosoma consohrinum. 



Lygosoma (Hinulia) consohrinum, Peters ^' Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 'xiii. 1878, p. 342. 



Allied to L. variegatum and L. jagorii. Rostral small ; fronto- 

 nasal twice as broad as long ; praefrontals in contact mesially ; four 

 supraoculars ; frontoparietals distinct ; interparietal very large. 

 Wo auricular lobules. 30 to 32 smooth scales round the body ; 

 laterals smallest, dorsals and ventrals of nearly e(]ual size. A pair 

 of enlarged prseanals. The hind limb, stretched forwards, covers 

 two thirds of the space between groin and axilla. Eeddish brown 

 above, variegated with oblique and irregular darker spots ; sides of 

 body blackisb, with undulated transverse whitish lines; yellowish 

 inferiorly, throat with black spots or longitudinal lines. 



millim. millim. 



From snout to vent. 35 Fore limb 9 



Head 8 Hind limb 13 



Batchian, Moluccas. 



23. Lygosoma jagorii. 



Lygosoma (Ilimdia) jagorii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 54. 

 Hinulia variegata {non Peters), Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 165, 

 pi. xvii. fig. B. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and one third to once and a 

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

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

 nasal ; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, which 

 is broader than long and in contact with the frontal; latter as long 

 as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; four large supraoculars, followed by two 



