246 sciNciD^. 



between axilla aud t^roin. Snout short, obtuse ; supraocular region 

 swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. K'ostril pierced in a single nasal ; 

 no supranasal ; two superposed loreals behind the nasal ; rostral 

 concave above, forming a broad straight suture with the frontonasal, 

 which is twice as broad as long ; pra)frontals forming a median 

 suture ; frontal nearly as long as frontoparietals and parictals to- 

 gether, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; six supra- 

 oculars, first more than twice as long as second ; twelve supra- 

 ciliaries, first lai'gest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 former larger than latter ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; no nuchals ; fifth and sixth upper labials below the 

 eye. Ear-opening oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; no 

 auricular lobules. 40 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals 

 largest and unicarinate, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged pra3- 

 anals. The hind limb reaches halfway between the arm and the 

 • ear. Digits elongate, compressed; subdigital lamellae unicarinate, 

 25 under the fourth toe. Tail nearly twice as long as head and 

 body. Chestnut-brown above, with yellowish and blackish trans- 

 verse spots ; lips black-spotted ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



millim. niillira. 



Total length 161 Fore limb 24 



Head 14 Hind limb 38 



Width of head 9 Tail 105 



Body 42 



New Guinea. 



30. Lygosoma variegatum. 



Lygosoma melanopogou, part., Dum. Sf Bihr. v. p. 728. 



(HinuJia) vaiiegatum, Peters, Man. lieii. Ac. 1807, p. 20*. 



■ ( ) naevium, Peters ^ Doria, Ann. Miis. Genova, xiii. 1878, 



p. 340. 



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 ; 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 broad straight suture with the frontonasal, which 

 is at least twice as broad as long ; pra3frontals forming a median 

 suture ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than frontoparietals 

 and parietals together ; in contact with the three anterior supra- 

 oculars ; six or seven supraoculars, first at least twice as long 

 as second : twelve or thirteen supraciliaries, first largest ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal, or latter a little 

 shorter than former; parietals forming a short suture behind the 

 interparietal ; no nuchals ; fifth or sixth upper labial below the 

 centre of the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, smaller than the eye- 



* Tjpe examined, 



