8. LTGOSOMA. 309 



lamellae feebly unicarinate, 14 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, a 

 little longer than head and body. Yellowish brown above, each 

 dorsal scale with a brown spot I'orniing more or less continuous 

 longitudinal lines ; a dark brown dorso-latcral band ; sides with 

 dark brown and whitish spots. 



niilliin. millim. 



Total length 1)5 Fore limb 7'5 



Head 9 Hind limb 13 



Width of head .... 5-."i Tail 54 



Body 32 



Hongkong, Singapore. 



a. Ad. ? Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring [P.]. (Type.) 



111. Lygosoma albopunctatum. 



Eiopa albopuuctata, Grai/, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. xviii. 1846, p. 430 ; 



Jerdon, Journ. As. Sue. Benq. xxii. 1853, p. 477 ; Stoliczka, Journ. 



As. Sue. Bear/, xli. 1872, p. 132, pi. v. fig. ; Theob. Cat. Hejjt. Brit. 



Ind. p. (J2. 

 Eumeces puiictatus, Cantoi-, Cat. Mai. Bept. p. 45. 

 albopuKctatus, Gi'mth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 22 ; Anders. Proc. 



Zoul. Sue. 1871, p. 158. 

 Euuieces (Riopa) fiscberii, Bocourt, Ann. Se. Nat. (6) vii. 1878, 



art. 16. 

 Kiopa fiscberii, Bucourt, 3Iiss. So. 3Iex., Bcpt. p. 416, pi. xxii. f. 



fiff. 1. 



D' 



Body elongate, limbs weak ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and one third 

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

 Lower eyelid scaly. Suj)ranasals present, in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal much broader than long, in contact with the 

 frontal ; pra^frontals small ; frontal as long as the frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; seven or eight supraciliaries, first 

 and last largest ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the inter- 

 parietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; nuchals 

 frequently indistinct ; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 

 Ear-opening small, oval, with one or two small lobules anteriorly. 

 26 or 28 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. 

 Marginal prseanals scarcely enlarged. The fore limb stretched 

 forwards reaches the ear or a little beyond ; the length of the bind 

 limb is contained twice and a half to three times in the distance 

 between axilla and groin. Fourth toe longer than third ; subdigital 

 lamellae feebly unicarinate, 12 to 15 under the fourth toe. Tail 

 thick, a little longer than head and body. Pale brown or rufous 

 above, sides closely dotted with black ; each dorsal aud nuchal scale 

 with a more or less distinct dark brown dot, forming longitudinal 

 series ; sides of neck and anterior part of body white-spotted j lower 

 surfaces yellowish white. 



