318 SCINCID^. 



122. Lygosoma deplanchii. 



Lygosoma deplanchii, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Calcd. p. ^3. 

 Hiniilia tetragonurus, Giinth. Ann. i^- Maff. N. II. (4) x. 1872, p. 420, 

 (171(1 in Brenchley, ^ CurcK^oa,'' p. 40o, pi. xxiv. fig. B. 



Habit lacertiform, limbs rather weak ; the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtusely 

 pointed. Lower eyelid scaly. Xostril pierced between a nasal and a 

 postnasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal large, broader than long, form- 

 ing a broad suture with the rostral and a narrow one with the frontal ; 

 latter shield much shorter than frontoparietal and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars, fourth largest ; seven or eight supra ciliaries ; frontoparietal 

 single ; interparietal distinct, large ; pai'ietals forming a suture be- 

 hind 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 rather small, roundish ; no auricular denticulation. 

 28 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; laterals smallest. 

 No enlarged pra^anals. The limbs fail to meet when adpressed. 

 Digits rather short, cylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 30 to 33 

 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, shorter than head and body. 

 Reddish brown above, spotted with darker and lighter ; a dark 

 streak from nostril to eye ; lips dark-spotted ; lower surfaces pale 

 brownish. 



inillim. millim. 



Total length 7S Fore limb 10 



Head 10 Hind limb 14 



Width of head 6 Tail 33 



Body 35 



New Caledonia. 



a-h. Ad. New Caledonia. M. A. Eavay [P.]. (Types.) 



c. Ad. New Caledonia. J. Breucliley, Esq. [P.]. 



( Type of Hinulm tetragonurus.) 



123. Lygosoma cMnense. 



Ateucliosaurus chinensis, Gray, Cat. p. 107. 

 Euprepes chinensis, Giinth, Bept. Brit. Inch p. 78. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and a half in the distance 

 between axiUa and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; lower eyelid scaly. 

 Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal : frontonasal broader 

 than long, forming a suture with the rostral and a broader one with 

 the frontal ; latter shield longer than frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together : four supraoculars ; nine (?) supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct : three labials anterior to the 

 subocular. Ear-opening roundish, smaller than the eye -opening, 



