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SCINCID^. 



a. Ad. Santa Anna Island. H. B. Giippy, Esq. 



b-y. Ad. Treasury Island. II. R. Huppy, Esq. 



h. Ad. Treasury Island. H. B. Guppy, Esq. 



i. Ad. Shortlaud Islands. H. B. Guppy, Esq. 



P • \ (Types.) 



P.l. 

 P.]. 



38. Lygosoma virens *. 

 Lipinia virens, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, 1881, p. 81. 



Very closely allied to L. anolis, from which it diiFcrs in having 

 30 scales rouad the body, and 13 lamella) under the dilated portion 

 of the fourth toe. 



South-cast New Guinea. 



39. Lygosoma semperi *. 

 Lygosoma (Lipinia) semperi, Peters, Mun. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 18. 



Less slender in habit than L. pulchellmn. Likewise with a 

 transparent palpebral disk and a large roundish ear-opening. Four 

 supraoculars ; frontal less narrowed posteriorly. 24 scales round 

 the body, dorsals much the largest. The hind limb covers hardly 

 two thirds of the space between axilla and groin. Fourth toe little 

 longer than third. Digits, especially the toes, slightly dilated in 

 the basal portion ; 15 lamella) under the depressed portion of the 

 fourth toe. Golden above ; two black bands commence on the 

 supraocular regions, become gradually narrower on the back, and are 

 lost on the tail ; another similar band on each side, beginning on the 

 nasal and passing through the eye and above the ear ; lower surfaces 

 metallic green. 



niillira. millim. 



Total length 105 Fore limb 11 



From snout to vent. 40 Hind limb 14 



Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



40. Lygosoma pulchellum. (Plate XVII. hg. 1.) 



Lipinia pukhella, Gray, Cat. p. 84. 

 Euprepes pulchellus, Steindachn. Novara, Pept. p. 48. 



Habit lacertiform, slender ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and one fifth in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Snout very long and pointed, 

 much depressed. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 

 Nostril pierced in the middle of a rather large nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 anterior lorcal as deep as the nasiil ; frontonasal a little longer than 

 broad, forming a broad straight suture with the lostriil ; ])ricfrontals 

 forming a median suture ; frontal small, produced into a very narrow 

 interorbital portion, its length somewhat exceeding that of the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together ; it is in contact with the 



* Type examined. 



