8, LTGOSOMA. 



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ia the nasal; no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than Ions;, tbriniiig 

 a suture with the rostral, and usually also with the frontal ; latter 

 shield as long as or a little longer than frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars, second and third equal ; six to eight supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subctpial ; parietals form- 

 ing a suture behind the interparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals; 

 fifth or sixth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear- opening oval, 

 much smaller than the eye-opening, with two or three projecting 

 lobules or granules anteriorly. 32 to 38 smooth scales round tlie 

 middle of the body ; laterals smallest. A pair of large praeanals. 

 The adpressed limbs meet or overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; sub- 

 digital lamella? smooth, 21 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail a little 

 longer than head and body. Bronzy olive above, with small darker 

 and lighter spots ; a more or less dark brown lateral band, dotted 

 with pale olive, sometimes bordered above and below by a light 

 streak ; lower surfaces greenish. 



milliin. 

 Total length 120 



Head 



Width of head 



Bodv 



11 



7 

 42 



Kashmere. 



a. Ad. 

 b-c. Ad. 

 d. Ad. 



Ladak. 

 Ladak. 

 Kashmere. 



milliin. 



Fore limb 16 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 67 



Messrs. Schlagiatweit [P.]. (Type.) 

 T. C. .Terdon, Esq. [P." 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.' 



46. Lygosoma bilineatum. (Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 



Mocoa bilineata, Grai/, Antt. ^ Maff. N. H. xviii. 184G, p. 430 ; 



Jercl. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 1853, p. 477. 

 Eumeces biluieatus, G'dnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 8-5. 



Body elongate ; the distance between the end of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained once and two thirds to twice in the 

 distance between axilla and groin in the adult, once and a half in 

 the young. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. IS'ostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal broader than long, fonning a suture with the rostral and 

 with the frontal ; latter shield as long as or slightly longer than 

 the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 

 first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; 

 six or seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal dis- 

 tinct, usually subequal ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; three to five pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial 

 entering the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening, with two projecting granules on its anterior border. 

 22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body : dorsals largest, 

 laterals smallest. Four large praeanals, much longer than broad, 

 nointed posteriorly in the male. The adpressed limbs are widely 



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