8. LTGOSOMA. 319 



without lobules. 28 scales round the body ; dorsals finely striated 

 and bicarinate. Pra\inalfi not enlarged. The adpressed limbs 

 meet. Subdigital lamella? smooth, 17 under the fourth toe. Tail 

 a little longer than head and body. " Brown, head paler." 



millim. millim. 



Total length 76 Fore limb 7 



Head 7 Hind limb 11 



Width of head .... 5 TaU 41 



Body 28 



Southern China. 



a. Bad state. China. J. Keeves, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



124. Lygosoma pellopleurum. 

 Lygosaurus pellopleurus, Halloio. Proc Ac. I'hilad. 1860, p. 496. 



Body elongate ; general form similar to that of L. laterale. Snout 

 rather pointed. Lower eyelid scaly. Xostril pierced in the nasal ; 

 no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 

 the rostral and with the frontal : four supraoculars : frontoparietals 

 and interparietal distinct. Ear-opening pyriform, without pro- 

 jecting scales on its borders. 24 scales round the body ; dorsals 

 tricarinate. Limbs slender : inner toe quite short, fourth longest. 

 Tail cyclotetragonal at the base, longer than head and body. Light 

 brown above, with four longitudinal rows of minute black spots, 

 extending a considerable distance upon the tail : a lateral dark band, 

 commencing behind the eye : lower surfaces white ; tail brown- 

 spotted inferiorly. 



Total length 90 millim., tail 50. 



Oho Sima, Loo Choo Islands. 



125. Lygosoma taprobanense. 



Eumeces taprobanensis, Kelaart, Proclr. Faun. Zeyl. ii. p. 21. 



taprobanensis, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 89, pi. xiii. 



fig. B. 

 Hinulia taprobanensis, part., Theoh, Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 56. 



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

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

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

 obtusely acuminate. Lower eyelid scaly. Xostril pierced in a 

 single nasal : no supranasal : frontonasal broader than long, forming 

 a broad suture with the rostral, and usually in contact posteriorly 

 with the anterior angle of the frontal : latter shield considerably 

 longer than the frontoparietals, in contact with the two anterior 

 supraoculars: four supraoculars ; eight or nine supraciliaries; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, about as large as the interparietal ; parietals 



