8. LTGOSOMA. 247 



opening; no iiiirioiilar lobules. 38 or 40 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of 

 enlarged pr?canals. The hind limb reaches the axilla or a little 

 beyond the shoulder. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital 

 lamcllfc smooth or feebly unicarinato, 20 to 25 under the fourth 

 too. Tail about once and a halt' the length of head and body. 

 Brown above, variouslj^ spotted or marbled with darker ; frequently 

 a dorso-latcral scries of light spots ; sides of neck sometimes with 

 a large black spot ; .sides of body light-spotted ; lower surfaces 

 brownish white. 



luilliin. millim. 



Total length 189 Fore limb 20 



Head 13 Hind limb 33 



Width of head .... 8 Tail 84 



Body 42 



Philippines, Borneo, Moluccas, Papuasia. 



A. Everett, Esq. [C.l. 

 L. L. Dilhvyn, Esq. [P.], 



Marquis G. Doria [P.]. 

 Marquis Gr. Doria (_P.]. 



31. Lygosoma jobiense. 



Lygosoma (Hiuulia) jobiensis, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 131. 

 Eumeces aruensis, Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 835, pi. xi. 



fig. c. 

 Hinulia megaspila, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 128, pi. xxviii. 

 ? Hinulia papueusis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii. 1877, 



p. 62. 

 Eumeces jobiensis, Peters ^- Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 



p. 349. 



Habit laccrtiform, rather stout ; the distance between the end of 

 the snout and the fore limb equals once and one third to once and a 

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

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

 nasal ; two superposed loreal shields behind the nasal ; rostral con- 

 vex, narrowed and rounded behind, where it forms a suture with 

 the frontonasal ; latter small, broader than long, sometimes in con- 

 tact with the anterior angle of the frontal ; praefrontals usually 

 forming a median suture ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact with the two or three anterior 

 supraoculars ; five supraoculars, first longest ; ten to twelve supra- 

 ciliaries, first largest ; frontoj:)arietals and interparietal distinct, 

 latter usually shorter than former ; parietals forming a short suture 

 behind the interparietal ; usually no nuchals ; sixth or sevenrn 

 upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, 

 a little smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 38 to 

 46 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, 



