8. LYGOSOMA. 325 



132. Lygosoma crassicauda. 



Lygosoma crassicaudum, A. Dtim. Cat. Meth. Rept. p. 172 ; Iloitihr. 



iSi'" Jacq. Vol/. Pole Sud (Asfrohihe et Zelee), lirpf. \A. iv. \vr. 1. 

 Honibronia crassicauda, (Hrurd, U. S. E.vplor. Expvd., Hop. p. 240. 

 Mocoa crassicauda, Gitnth. Zool. Ereh. 8f Terr., Rept. p. 12. 

 Lygosoma oruatum, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. H. W. ii. 1877, 



p. 04. 



Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and 

 a half in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout obtusely 

 conical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no 

 suprauasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture 

 with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield shorter than 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six or 

 seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, usually shorter than 

 the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture bebind the inter- 

 parietal ; usually four pairs of nuchals ; fourth or fifth upper labial 

 below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening round, small, considerably 

 larger than the nostril. 22 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body ; dorsals largest. A pair of enlarged preeanals. The length of 

 the hind limb equals the distance between the centre of the eye and 

 the fore limb ; fourth toe longer than third, with 15 to 18 smooth 

 lamellae inforiorly. Tail thick, nearly twice as long as head and 

 body. Pale brown or golden above, with a black streak or two 

 series of black dots along the vertebral line ; sides dark brown or 

 blackish, sharply limited above, with or without whitish spots ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish or pale brown, uniform or spotted with black. 



millim. 



Total length 126 



Head 8 



Width of head 5 



Body 38 



New Guinea, islands of Torres Straits, Queensland. 



Or-e. Ad. & hgr. Fly River. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C. 



/, g~k. Ad. Murray Island. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C. 



I. Ad. CornwaUis Island. Rev. S. Macfarlane [C. 



133. Lygosoma pumilum. (Plate XXYI. fig. 3.) 



Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice or twice and 

 one third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout obtusely 

 conical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal : no 

 suprauasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 

 the rostral and with the frontal : latter shield not larger than the 

 interparietal, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars ; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, smaller 



