8. LYGOSOMA. 245 



a, b. Ad. New Guinea. 



c-c?. Ad. Aril Islands. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. (As 



typical of Z. meyeri.) 



28. Lygosoma nigrilabre. 



Hinulia nigrolabris, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. IGG, pi. xvii. 

 %. A. 



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

 the fore limb is contained once and one third in the distance be- 

 tween axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; supraocular region 

 much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single 

 nasal ; no supranasal ; two superposed loreal shields behind the 

 nasal ; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, 

 •which is twice as broad as long ; prsefrontals forming a median 

 suture ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal togetlier,. 

 in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; six supraoculars, 

 first more than twice as long as second ; eleven supraciliarics, first 

 largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, former longer 

 than latter ; parietals forming a short suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; no nuchals ; fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth labials 

 below the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 50 scales round the middle of 

 the body ; dorsals largest and feebly keeled, laterals smallest. A 

 pair of enlarged praeanals. The hind limb reaches the shoulder. 

 Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamella; unicarinate, 2Q 

 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and a half the length of 

 head and body. Chestnut-brown above, with irregular transverse 

 dark brown spots ; a dark brown dorso-lateral band, interrupted by 

 yellowish spots ; the dark band extends to the nostril, passing 

 through the eye ; sides reticulated with brown ; edge of the jaws 

 blackish ; lower surfaces yellowish, 



millim. millim. 



Total length 235 Fore limb 35 



Head 21 Hind limb 52 



Width of head .... 15 Tail 140 



Body 74 



Celebes. 



a. Ad. N. Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. (Type.) 



29. Lygosoma simum * 



Lygosoma (Hinulia) sima, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, 

 p. 54. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths in the distance 



* Described from a specimen (9489) in the Berlin Museum. 



