314 SCINCID^. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 102 Fore limb 5-5 



Head 8 Hind limb 8 



Width of head .... 5 Tail 43 



Body 51 



Pegu, Burma. 



a-b, c-e. Ad. «& hgr. Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



116. Lygosoma calamus. (Plate XXV. fig. 1.) 



Body much elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained three times in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower 

 eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Supranasals distinct, in 

 contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal about twice as broad as long, 

 forming a narrow suture with the frontal ; latter small, hardly as 

 long as, and nari-ower than, the frontoparietal^ in contact with the 

 first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; seven supracilia- 

 ries, first and last largest ; frontoparietals fused into a single large 

 shield ; interparietal distinct, rather large ; parietal forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals 

 border the parietals ; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 

 Ear-opening small, roundish. 22 scales' round the middle of the 

 body, equal, perfectly smooth. Marginal prseanals scarcely enlarged. 

 The fore limb when stretched forwards hardly reaches the ear ; the 

 hind limb measures about one fourth the distance between axilla 

 and groin. Digits feebly compressed ; fourth toe very slightly 

 longer than third; subdigital lamellae smooth, 11 under the fourth 

 toe. Yellowish brown above ; a dark brown lateral band, edged 

 above by a yellowish line ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 75 Fore limb 5-5 



Head 7 Hind limb 8-5 



Width of head 4 Tail (reproduced) . . 28 



Body 40 



Burma. 



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



117. Lygosoma lineolatum. 



Riopa lineolata, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beny. xxxix. 1870, p. 175, 

 pi. X. tig. 2 ; Theob. Cat. liept. Brit. Ind. p. G3. 



Body much elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained about twice and a half 

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

 Lower eyelid scaly. Supranasals distinct, in contact behind the 



