8. LTGOSOMA. 241 



very small ones ; first supraocular at least twice as long as second ; 

 eleven supraciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal 

 distinct, subequal ; parietals forming a short suture behind the in- 

 terparietal ; no nuchals ; sixth and seventh, or seventh and eighth, 

 upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening moderate, 

 oval, much smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 

 36 or 38 smooth scales round the middle of the body, subequal. A 

 pair of enlarged prajanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the 

 elbow. Digits moderately elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamellae 

 obtusely keeled, 23 to 2(j under the fourth toe. Erown above, with 

 darker and lighter variegations. 



milHtn. millim. 



Total length 215 Pore limb 23 



Head 20 Hind limb 35 



Width of head 14 Tail (reproduced) . . 120 



Body 75 



Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. Philippines. H. J. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



24. Lygosoina indicum. (Plate XVI. fig. 1.) 



Hinulia indica, Gray, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. (2) xii. 1853, p. 338 ; 



Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Bewj. xli. 1872, p. 122 ; Theob. Cat. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 54. 

 Eumeces indicus, part., G'dnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 89 j Anders. Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 158. 



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 axiUa and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; 

 loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 

 in a single nasal, or between a nasal and a postnasal ; no supra- 

 nasal ; rostral convex, largely in contact with the frontonasal, 

 which is broader than long, and forms a narrow suture with the 

 frontal ; latter as long as frontoparietal and parietals together, in 

 contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars ; four large 

 supraoculars, followed by two very small ones ; first supraocular 

 not much longer than second ; nine or ten supraciliaries, first 

 largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, former a little 

 longer than latter ; parietals forming a short suture behind the 

 interparietal ; no nuchals ; fifth and sixth upper labials largest and 

 below the eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening : 

 no auricular lobules. 36 or 38 smooth scales round the middle of 

 the body, laterals smallest. A pair of large prajanals. When the 

 hmbs are pressed against the body, the hind limb reaches the elbow 

 or not quite so far. Digits rather elongate, compressed ; subdigital 

 lamellce smooth or obtusely keeled, 17 to 20 under the fourth toe. 



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