342 scrNciD^. 



156. Lygosoma sumatrense. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 2.) 



Chelomeles sumatreusis, Gi'mih. Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873, 

 p. 146. 



Body much elongate ; limbs minute, didactyle. Snout short, 

 obtuse. Lower ej'elid scaly. Nostril pierced in the anterior part of the 

 nasal ; no supranasal : frontonasal more than twice as broad as long, 

 forming a suture with the rostral and a very broad one with the 

 frontal ; prsefroutals small and widely separated : frontal a little 

 longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region, in contact 

 with tlie first and second supraoculars ; three or four supraoculars ; 

 seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, sub- 

 equal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; fourth 

 upper labial entering the orbit, second and third much smaller than 

 first or fourth. Ear completely hidden. 22 smooth scales round 

 the middle of the body, equal. A pair of enlarged prseanals. Hind 

 limb a little longer than fore limb ; digits tubercle-like, clawed, on 

 the fore limb equal, on the hind limb inner inserted lower than 

 outer. Tail thick. Dark brown above ; yellowish inferiorly, with 

 brown dots on the sides and on the tail. 



milliiu. millim. 



Total length 143 Pore limb 4-5 



Head 10 Hind limb 8-5 



Width of head 7 Tail (reproduced) . . 50 



Body 83 



Sumatra. 



a. Ad. Agam. Dr. Bleeker [C.]. (Tvpe.) 



h. Ad. Lolos. Hr. Carl Bock [C.]. 



157. Lygosoma verreaiixii. 



Anomalopus verreauxii, A. Dtivi. Cat. Meth. Eept. p. 185; Giinth. 



Ann. ^- May. N. II. (3 ) xx. 1^07, p. 47. 

 Bracliynieles leuckartii, Weinland^ Abh. Senckenh. Ges. iv. 18G2, 



p. 140, pi. V. fig. 3. 

 Siaphos fequalis, Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1864, p. 229. 

 Anouialopiis godeft'royi, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 24. 

 Chelomeles pseudopus, Giinth. Ann. c^- Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1873, 



p. 145. 



Body much elongate ; limbs minute, anterior tridactyle, posterior 

 undivided. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in a rather large nasal ; no supranasal ; rostral produced 

 posteriorly, and forming a suture with the frontonasal ; latter shield 

 much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the frontal; 

 pra^frontals small and widely separated : frontal a little longer than 

 broad, broader than the supraocular region, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; seven 

 supraciliaries : pra?frontals distinct, shorter than the interparietal, 

 behind which the parietals form a suture ; no enlarged nuchals : 



