330 SCINCID^. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 80 Fore limb 7-5 



From snout to vent . . 32-5 Hind limb 10 



Mindanao and Gorontalo. 



139. Lygosoma scutirostrum. 



Lygosoma scutirostrum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1873, p. 743, and 



1874, p. 377, pi. — . fig. 6. 

 Cophoscmcus obscurus, O'Shauyhn. Ann. ^ May. N. H. (4) xiv. 



1874, p. 3o. 



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

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths to 

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

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

 supranasal ; frontonasal large, forming a suture with the rostral and 

 with the frontal ; no prsefrontals ; frontal shorter than frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars, its anterior border obtusely angular ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 subequal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 two or three pairs of nuchals : fourth upper labial below the 

 centre of the eye. Ear covered with scales, its presence indicated 

 by a depression. 20 or 22 smooth scales round the middle of the 

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

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

 limb. Fourth toe slightly longer than third, with 9 or 10 smooth 

 lamellae inferiorly. Tail thick, about once and a half the length of 

 head and body. Brown above, with black dots sometimes arranged 

 in lines along the series of dorsal scales : a more or less distinct 

 dark brown lateral line ; lower surfaces yellowish, lips and chin 

 brown-dotted. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 108 Fore limb 8 



Head 9 Hind limb 12 



Width of head 6 Tail 6o 



Body 34 



Queensland. 



a-h. Ad. Port Bowen. Museum Godeffi-oy. 



c. Ad. Queensland. (Type of Cvphoscincvs obscurus.) 



d. Ad. Queensland. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



140. Lygosoma mariae. 



Anotis mariei, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. CaJed. p. 29. 



Nannoscincus fuscus, Gunth. Ann. S( Ma;/. X. H. (4) x. 1872, p. 421, 



and in Brenchley, ' Curaqoa,^ Rept. p. 400, pi. xxv., and Zool. Rec. 



1872, p. 68. 



