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and the fore limb is contained once and one third to once and a half 

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

 Lower eyelid Avith an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 

 between three small shields — a nasal, a postnasal, and a supra- 

 nasal ; frontonasal as long as broad or a little broader than long, in 

 contact with the rostral and sometimes also with the frontal ; prae- 

 frontals forming a very short median suture if any ; frontal as long 

 as the frontoparietal, or the frontoparietal and interparietal together, 

 in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars ; seven or eight supraeiliaries ; frontoparietals fused into a 

 single large shield ; interparietal distinct, small ; parietals forming 

 a suture behind the latter shield ; a pair of nuchals and a pair of 

 temporals border the parietals : five labials anterior to the large sub- 

 ocular. Ear-opening roundish or oval, not or scarcely larger than 

 the transparent palpebral disk, with two or three short obtuse 

 lobules anteriorly. 24 to 26 scales round the middle of the body, 

 all smooth : dorsals largest, especially the two vertebral series, 

 laterals smallest. Marginal praeanals not or very slightly enlarged. 

 The hind limb reaches the elbow or the axilla. Digits moderately 

 elongate, flattened except at the end, which is strongly compressed ; 

 subdigital lamellae very fine, smooth, 70 to 90 under the fourth toe. 

 Tail about twice as long as head and body, often a little over. 

 Bronzy olive or brown above, uniform or with small darker and 

 lighter spots ; frequently a black lateral band, commencing from 

 the nostril, passing through the eye, and lost on the side of the 

 body ; this band usually bordered above and below by a series of 

 whitish spots ; lower surfaces usually bluish green, sometimes 

 yellowish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 275 Fore limb 29 



Head 21 Hind limb 40 



Width of head 12 Tail 190 



Body 64 



Moluccas, Papuasia, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, Kew Hebrides. 



a. Yg. Gilolo. Dr. Platen [C.]. 



h-c. Ad. Fly River, New Guinea. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.l. 



d. Ad. Murray Island. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 



e. Ad. Duke of York Island. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 

 f-h, i. Ad. Treasury I., Solomon Is. H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P. 

 k. Ad. Santa Anna I., Solomon Is. H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P. 

 Jr-p. Ad. & hgr. Sandwich I., N. Hebrides. Dr. Corrie [P.]. 

 q^t. Ad. Erromango. 



90. Lygosoma samoense. 



Eumeces samoensis, A. Dum. Cat. Meth. Kept. p. 157; Homhr. Sf 

 Jacq. Voy. Tole Stid {Astrolabe et Zelee), Rept., p. 10, pi. v. fig. 2. 



Euprepes concolor, A. Dum. I. c. p. 162 ; Homhr. 8) Jacq. I. c. p. 12, 

 pi. i. fig. 3. 



Emoa samoensis, Girard, U.S. Explor. JSxped., Herp. p. 265. 



