8. LYG080MA. 341 



scales ; lower surfaces yellowish, uuiform or with brown longi- 

 tudinal lines. 



millira. millini. 



Total length 1!)2 Fore limb 5 



Head 10 Hind limb 8 



Width of head .... 6 Tail 90 



Body 80 



Java, Malay peninsula, Siam, Southern China. 



a-h. Ad. Batavia. 



c. Ad. Java. 



d. Ilgr. Java. 0. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 

 /. Ilgr. Siam. 



g. Ad. Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring [P.]. 



155. Lygosoma reticulatum. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 1.) 



Chelomeles reticulatus, Gilnth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873, 

 p. 146. 



Body much elongate ; limbs minute, tridactyle. Snoufc moderate, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the anterior part 

 of the na.sal ; no suprauasal ; rostral produced posteriorly between 

 the nasals, forming a suture with the frontonasal : latter shield 

 broader than long, forming a suture with the frontal ; pra?frontals 

 small ; frontal nearl}' as broad as long, much broader than the 

 supraocular region, in contact with the first supraciliary and with 

 the first and second supraoculars : three supraoculars, second largest ; 

 six supraciliaries, first and last largest ; frontoparietals distinct, 

 shorter than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind 

 the interparietal ; two to four pairs of nuchals : fourth upper labial 

 below the centre of the eye. Ear completely hidden. 24 or 26 

 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals 

 smallest. A pair of enlarged pra^anals. Digits tubercle-like, clawed, 

 subequal. Hind limb slightly longer than fore limb. Tail thick. 

 Brownish above, with two very indistinct darker cross bands on the 

 neck : sides and lower surfaces whitish, punctulated with black, 

 or with black lines following the edges of the scales. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 300 Fore limb 8 



Head 16 Hind limb 9 



Width of head .... 9 Tail (reproduced) . . 95 



Body 179 



New South Wales. 



a. Ad. Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. (Type.) 



b. Ad. N. S. Wales. Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



c. Hgr. ? 



