8. LYGOSOMA. 297 



the middle of the body, all smooth, or dorsals more or less distinctly 

 hi- or tricarinate; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. ^Marginal pra3- 

 anals not or but slightly enlarged. The hind limb does not quite 

 reach the elbow. Digits rather short, somewhat flattened except at 

 the end ; subdigital lamellcc smooth, 30 to 34: (to 38) under the 

 fourth toe. Olive-brown above, with strong metallic gloss ; sides 

 black, spotted with whitish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 106 Fore limb 15 



Head 14 Hind limb 21 



Width of head 9 Tail (reproduced) . . 54 



Body 38 



Celebes, Moluccas, Papuasia. 



a. Ad. Mansuiam. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. 



b. Ad. Mafor. Marquis G. Doria [P.J. 



94. Lygosoma singaporense. 



Eumeces (Mabouya) singaporensis, Stemdachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. 

 i. 1870, p. 341/pl- iv. hg. 2. 



Habit lacertiform. Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with 

 an undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, separated by the 

 frontonasal ; pra?frontals forming a median suture ; frontal as long 

 as frontoparietal ; four or five supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietal single (?) ; interparietal distinct; a pair of nuchals; 

 sixth ujjpcr labial largest and bordering the eye. Ear-opening 

 moderate, roundish, without lobules. 34 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body. Marginal praeanals slightly enlarged. The hind 

 limb reaches nearly the axilla. Yellowish grey above; some of the 

 scales of the flanks much lighter. 

 Singapore. 



95. Lygosoma nigrum. 



Eumeces niger, Humbr. 8f Jacq. Voij. au Pole Sud {Astrolabe et 



Zelee), Kept. p. II, pi. iv. fig. 2. 

 Emoa nigrita, Girard, TJ. S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 268. 

 Euprepes (Mabuya) niger, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1868, p. 449. 

 ? Luprepis Icngicaudis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. 8oc. N. S. W. ii. 1877, 



p. 68. 



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

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

 distance between axilla and groin. Snout long, obtusely acuminate. 

 Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Kostril pierced 

 between three shields — a nasal, a postnasal, and asupranasal; fronto- 

 nasal as long as broad, or a little broader than long, forming a broad 

 suture with the rostral, and usually a narrow one with the frontal ; 

 latter shield as long as and a little narrower than the frontoparietal, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals fused into a single large 



