ADBKNDA ANT) COiminKNDA. 511 



length of head and body. Brown above dotted with blackish ; pale 

 brownish iuferiorly, dotted with brown. 



inilliin. iiiilliin. 



Total length i;}5 Eoro limb <J 



Head ll-o Hind limb 10 



AVidth of head .... 7'5 Tail 78 



Body 45-5 



Solomon Islands. 



a-c. Ad. Faro Island. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



14 6. Lygosoma woodfordii. (Plate XXV. fig. 4.) 



Body elongate, limbs rather short ; the distance between the 

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

 in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderately elon- 

 gate, truncate. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril jncrced in a single 

 nasal ; no supranasal ; a single anterior loreal ; rostral formin" a 

 broad straight suture with the frontonasal, which is broader than 

 long ; proifrontals forming a short median suture ; frontal as long 

 as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 

 fixst supraciliary and the two anterior supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars, followed by a very small fifth, first longest ; ten supra- 

 ciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 former much larger than latter ; parietals forming a suture behind 

 the interparietal ; no nuchals ; nine upper labials, seventh below 

 the centre of the eye ; a series of rather large suborbitals separates 

 the orbit from the labials. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than 

 the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 34 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals very small. A pair of 

 enlarged pra^anals. The adpressed limbs just meet. Digits rather 

 short, slightly compressed ; 18 smooth lamella) under the fourth 

 toe. Dark brown above, with strong metallic gloss; sides with 

 curved or oblique black bars ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



Giillim. millim. 



Total length IGG Fore limb 24 



Head 19 Hind limb 37 



AVidth of head .... 12 Tail (reproduced) . . GO 



Body 87 



Solomon Islands. 



a. Ad. Faro Island. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



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29 a. Lygosoma concinnatum. (Plate XXVI. fig. 4.) 



Habit laccrtiform : the distance between the end of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained once and one fifth to once and two fifths 

 in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; 

 supraocular regions swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 



