8. LYG080MA. 315 



rostral; frontonasal very broad, forming a narrow suture with the 

 frontal ; latter shield as long as the frontoparietal and interparietal 

 together; live supraoculars, last very small : frontoparietals fused into 

 a single shield ; interparietal rather small and triangular ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal. Ear-opening moderate, 

 rounded, simple. 1'4 or 25 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body. Pra^anals very sliglitly enlarged. The length of the hind 

 limb equals the distance between the axilla and the eye. Fourth 

 toe very slightly longer than third. Tail about once and one third 

 the length of head and l)ody. Greenish iridescent brown above, 

 with an almost continuous series of small dark brown dots on each 

 side of the back, beginning at the nape and margined above and 

 below by a pale line ; the centres of all the scales above and on the 

 sides are paler than at the edges, and form straight longitudinal 

 lines ; below whitish, with a vinaceous tinge, and distinctly reddish 

 on the tail. 



From snout to vent 38 millim., tail 50. 



!Martaban, Burma. 



118. Lygosonia vosmaeri. (Plate XXV. fig. 2.) 



Hagria vosmaerii, Gray, Cat. p. 97. 

 Hagria vosmaerii, Gray, Ann. N. li. ii. IS'-'A), p. 333; Gi.i?ith. Itepf. 



Brit. Ind. p. (»4 ; Thcob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 67. 

 Campsodactylus lamarrei, Dum, i^- Bihr. v. p. 762. 



Body much elongate ; limbs very short, the anterior pentadactyle, 

 the posterior tetradactyle. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with 

 an undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, in contact be- 

 hind the rostral ; pnefrontals small, widely separated ; four supra- 

 oculars ; frontoparietal single ; interparietal distinct. Ear-opening 

 very small. 22 smooth scales round the body. Praeanals not en- 

 larged. Third and fourth toes equal ; subdigital lamellis smooth. 

 Upper and lower surfaces with alternating brown and yellowish 

 longitudinal lines, corresponding to the series of scales. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 101 Fore limb 5 



Head 7 Hind limb 8 



Body 52 Tail (reproduced) . . 42 



Bengal. 



The unique specimen upon which this species is based is perhaps 

 nothing more than an anomalous form of the following species, with 

 five fingers instead of four. Should this prove to be the case, the 

 name vosmaeri will have to sink in the synonymy of L. lineatum. 



