260 SCINCID^. 



separated in the adult, slightly overlap in the young. Digits sub- 

 cylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, IG to 21 under the fourth 

 toe. Tail once and one fourth to once and a half as long as head 

 and body. Bronzy olive or brown above ; a black streak on each 

 side, from above the ear to the base of the tail ; usually another finer 

 black streak on each side along the back ; small black dots on the 

 sides of the head, and usually also below the lateral streak ; lower 



surfaces greenish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 115 Fore limb 11 



Head 10 Hind limb 15 



Width of head .... 7 Tail (reproduced) . . 59 



Body 46 



Nilghcrry Hills, 



a-c. Ad. & yg. Summit of the Nil- T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



gherries. (Types.) 



d-e. Ad. Nilg-herries. Col. Beddome [P.]. 



f~h. Ad. Nilgherries. F. Day, Esq. [P.]. 



i-k. HgT. ife yg. Coouoor, Nilgherries. W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 



47. Lygosoma laterimaculatum. (Plate XVIII. fig. 2.) 



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

 the fore limb is contained once and one fourth to once and one third 

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

 Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 

 in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming 

 a suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield a little 

 shorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in con- 

 tact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, 

 second largest ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and 

 interparietal distinct, usually subequal ; parietals forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; three to five pairs of uuchals ; fifth upper 

 labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye- 

 opening, without projecting granules or lobules. 26 or 28 scales 

 round the middle of the body, smooth, or dorsals feebly pluricari- 

 nate ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged preeanals, 

 not much longer than broad. The hind limb reaches the wrist or 

 the elbow. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital lamellfe smooth, 21 to 

 25 under the fourth toe. Tail once and two thirds to once and 

 three fourths the length of head and body. Bronzy above, with a 

 blackish, above light-edged, lateral streak along the head and body; 

 two fine black lines or series of dots along the back ; side of head 

 and body below the lateral streak largely and closely spotted with 

 black ; lower surfaces greyish ; tail blue in the young. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 94 Fore limb 12 



Head 9 Hind limb 17 



Width of head .... 6 Tail (reproduced) . . 47 



Bodv 38 



