278 SCINCIDJ5. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and one fourth in the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; loreal region nearly 

 vertical. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 

 pierced between a nasal, a postnasal, and the first labial ; no supra- 

 nasal ; u])per head-shields slightly striated ; frontonasal much 

 broader than long, forming a narrow suture with the rostral : pra;- 

 frontals forming a median suture ; frontal a little smaller than the 

 frontoparietal, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars, second largest ; seven supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietal single ; interparietal distinct, smaller, separating the parie- 

 tals ; a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; 

 sixth upper labial largest and below the eye. Ear-opening oval, a 

 little smaller than the eye-opening, with a series of small granules 

 anteriorly, 34 scales round the middle of the body, subequal ; 

 dorsals and laterals strongly tricarinate. No enlarged praeanals. 

 The hind limb reaches halfway between the arm and the ear. 

 Digits elongate, subcylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 3G under 

 the fourth toe. Tail twice as long as head and body ; caudal scales 

 bicarinate. Blackish brown above, with two yellowish streaks on 

 each side, the upper commencing from the nostril and following the 

 canthus rostralis and the supraciliary border, the lower bordering 

 the upper lip and passing through the ear ; lower surfaces greenish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length (tail Body 42 



injured) 145 Fore limb 19 



Head 14 Hind limb 33 



Width of head 9 



New Caledonia, 



72, Lygosoma austro-caledonicum. 



Lygosoma austro-caledonica, Bavay, Cat. Eept. N. Caled. p. 21. 

 Euprepes haplorliinus, Gibith. Ann. c^- Mfu/. N. H. (4) x. 1872, p. 419, 

 and in Jirenchley, ' Ouraqoa^ Rept. p. 39", pi. xxii. fig. B. 



Habit lacertiform, rather elongate ; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half to once 

 and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Head 

 small ; snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal a little broader than long, forming a suture with the 

 rostral and a broader one with the frontal ; praefrontals small and 

 widely separated ; frontal as long as or slightly longer than the 

 frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; 

 interparietal distinct ; parietals forming a median suture ; a pair of 

 nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; four upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening oval, as large as the 



