192 On new Bdtrachianx and Reptiles from Perah, 



Lyijosoma steUatum. 



Section Hinulia. Habit lacertit'onn ; the distance be- 

 tween the end ot" the snont and the tore limb is contained 

 once and one fourth to once and one third in the distance 

 between axiHa and groin. Snout moderate, obtusely pointed. 

 Lo\v(M" eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; 

 rostral forming a straight transverse suture with tlic fronto- 

 nasal, wjiich is a little broader than long; prncfrontals 

 uniting or forming a short median suture (in one specimen 

 separated by a small azygous shield) ; frontal as long as 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 

 the two or three anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars, 

 followed by a very small fifth ; eight supraciliaries, first and 

 last largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, sub- 

 equal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 

 two or three pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial below the 

 centre of the eye. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than 

 the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 24 smooth scales 

 round the middle of the body, dorsals largest, those of the 

 two me'lian series more than twice as broad as long. A pair 

 of enlarged pra^anals. 'IMie hind limb stretciied forwards 

 reaches the wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. 

 Digits rather long, compressed ; subdigital lamellse smooth, 

 22 to 25 under the fourth toe. Bronze-colour above, spotted 

 all over with black and white, the black spots preceding the 

 white ones and more crowded on the sides ; lips spotted with 

 black ; the spots disposed in transverse series on the tail ; 

 lower parts bluish or greenish white. 



millim. 



Total length 173 



Head 17 



Width of head... 10 



Body 63 



Fore limb 26 



Hind limb 36 



Tail 93 



A specimen, badly preserved unfortunately, was brought 

 home by Mr. S. S. Flower, who obtained it in the Larut 

 Hills, at an altitude of 4400 feet, in April 189S. I have 

 since examined two younger specimens from the same hills, 

 forming part of Mr. A. L. Butler's collection. (Jne was 

 found in a rotten tree at 3500 feet altitude, the other in a 

 house at 4000 feet. 



Mr. Butler's collection also contains an example of Lygo- 

 soma Bamj'fiihlii^ E. Bartlett (Journ. Str. Br. As. Soc. 



