298 



SCINCID^. 



shield ; interparietal usually distinct, small, sometimes entirely 

 abscjit ; parietals forming a median suture ; a pair of nuchals and a 

 pair of temporals border the parietals ; sixth and seventh, or fifth 

 and sixth, labials below the eye. Ear-opening rather large, oval, 

 much larger than the transparent pal])ebral disk ; no auricular 

 lobules. 3G to 40 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, 

 or dorsals feebly quinquecarinate ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. 

 ]\Iarginal prajanals slightly enlarged. The hind limb reaches the 

 axilla or the shoulder. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital 

 lamella; smooth, 32 to 40 under the fourth toe. Tail once and a half 

 to once and three fourths the length of head and body. Dark brown 

 above, with darker and lighter dots, or with a black lateral band ; 

 upper parts frequently uniform black ; lower surfaces usually yel- 

 lowish, rarely brown. 



millim. 

 Total length 298 



Head 



Width of head 



Body 



32 



96 



millim. 



Fore limb 42 



Hind limb 64 



Tail 170 



Caroline Islands, New Ireland, Solomon, Banks's, Fiji, and Samoa 

 Islands. 



a. Yg. 



b. Ad. 



c. Ad. 



d, e. Several spec. 



ad. & yg. 

 f-g. Ad. & yg. 



h-i. Ad. & hgr. 

 h-l. Hgr. 

 m, n. Ad. 

 o. Ad. 

 p-q. Ad, 



Ruk Island, Carolines. 

 Didie of York Island. 

 Contrariete Island, 

 Solomon Islands. 

 Treasurj' Island, 



Solomon Islands. 

 Santa Anna, 



Solomon Islands. 

 Vanua Lava Island. 

 Fiji Islands. 

 Levuka, Fiji. 

 Viti Levu. 

 Samoa Islands. 



Museum Godefii'oy. 

 Rev. G. Brown [CI. 

 J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P.]. 



H. B. Guppy, Esq. [P.]. 



J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. A. Liardet, Esq. [P.]. 

 H.M.S. ' Challenger.^ 

 Museum Godeffi-oy. 



96. Lygosoma adspersiim. 



Emoa atrocostata {non Less.), Girard, U. S. Explor. Exped., Herp. 

 p. 264. 



Eumeces (Mabouya) adspersus, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, bcii. i. 

 1870, p. 340, pi. iv. fig. 1. 



Euprepes (Mabuia) parvisquamcus, Peters, Mmi. Bei-l. Ac. 1874, 

 p. 100. 



Mabouia lawesii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 297, pi. xlv. fig. a. 



Eumeces microlepis (non D. i^-B.), Fischer, Abh. Naturiv. Ver. Ham- 

 burg, ix. 1886, p. — , pi. ii. fig. 4. 



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 moderately 

 elongate, obtusely acuminate. Lower eyelid with an undivided 



