8. LYGOSOMA. 243 



iiiillim. uiilliui. 



Total length 177 Foiv limb 19 



Head 1-i Hind limb 32 



Width of head 9 Tail 114 



Body 49 



Eastern Himalayas, Northeru Bengal, Burma, Tenasserim, 

 Andaman Islands. 



a. Ad. Silddm. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



b. Ad. Sikldm. Messrs. v. Schlagiutweit [P.]. 

 c-f. Ad. & yg. Sikkim. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. [P.], 

 g-h,i-k. Ad. Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.J. 



c^ hgr. 

 l-m. Ad. Rm-ma. F. Day, Esq. [P.]. . 



n-o. Ad. Elphiustone Island, Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



Mero:ui. 

 p-q. Ad. King Island, Mergiii. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



Lygosoma sanctum, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 732, from Java, described 

 from a young specimen in bad condition, is probably closely allied 

 to the preceding species. 



26. Lygosoma dussumieri. 



Hinulia dussumieri, Gray, Cat. p. 75. 

 Lygosoma dussumieri, Dum. ^- Bibr. v. p. 725. 

 Eumeces dussumieri, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc, 1870. 

 Hinulia dussumierii, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Sue. Bemj. xli. 1872, p. 124, 

 pi. iv. fig. ;J ; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 55. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb equals once to once and one third the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; loreal rcgioii con- 

 cave. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a siDgle nasal ; no 

 supranasal ; rostral flat or a little concave above, largely in contact 

 with the frontonasal, which is broader than long and sometimes in 

 contact with the frontal ; prsefrontals sometimes forming a median 

 suture ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and parietals together, in 

 contact with the three (or two) anterior supraoculars ; five large 

 supraoculars, first two sometimes fused to a single shield, first much 

 longer than second ; a very small posterior supraocular ; eleven to 

 thirteen supraciliaries, first and last largest ; frontoparietals and 

 interparietal distinct, subequal in length ; parietals forming a sliort 

 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. 4(J smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body ; laterals smallest. A pair of large praeanals. 

 The hind limb reaehcs the shoulder or the ear. Digits long, com- 

 pressed ; subdigital lamellai unicarinate, 22 or 23 under the fourth 

 toe. Tail almost twice as long as head and body. Pale olive above, 

 with small light spots or a series of dark brown spots along each 



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