8. LTGOSOMA, 249 



Brown above, with a vertebral series of black spots and a black 

 lateral band, beirinninj; from the nostril and passing through the 

 eye ; lower surfaces whitisli. 



33. Lygosoma cuniingii. (Plate XYI. fig. 2.) 



Otosaurus cuniingii, Gray, Cat. p. 93. 

 Euprepes otus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18(57, p. 20. 



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

 the fore limb ecpuils, or nearly equals, the distance between axilla 

 and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in a single nasal ; a large supranasal, forming a suture with 

 its fellow : frontonasal very small, scarcely broader than long, and 

 forming a suture with the frontal ; latter as long as or slightly 

 shorter than the frontoparietals and parietals together, in contact 

 with the four anterior supraoculars ; eight supraoculars, last very 

 small, first twice as long as second ; 12 to llsupraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, subecjual in length ; parietals 

 forming a very short suture behind the interparietal ; no nuchals ; 

 sixth and seventh labials below the eye. Ear-opening very large, 

 oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; tympanum scarcely sunk ; 

 no auricular lobules. 4G to 50 smooth scales round the middle of 

 the body ; laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged prseanals. The 

 hind limb reaches the shoulder or halfway between the latter and 

 the ear. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamellae unicari- 

 nate, divided, 22 to 21 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and 

 a half the length of head and body. Reddish brown above, spotted 

 with black ; a lateral series of blackish spots, bordered with small 

 white spots, the former very large on the sides of the neck ; lips 

 with small brown spots ; lower surfaces yellowish white, throat 

 sometimes with small brown spots. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 168 Fore limb 31 



Head 20 Hind limb 43 



Width of head 13 TaU (reproduced) . . 88 



Body 60 



Philippine Islands. 



a-b. Hgr. & yg. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Types.) 



c. Yg. Dinagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



