BatracMans from LomhoJcy Flores, &c. 505 



millitn. 



Total length 120 



jjga(i 9 



Width of head" "..".".'.'."."."."...'.'. 6 



Body , . . 41 



Fore limb 9 



Hind limb 14 



Tail 70 



This species is nearest allied to L. elegantulum, Peters & 

 Doria, from New Guinea and North Australia, and L. hrevipes^ 

 Boettger, from Halmaheira. The latter species has been 

 erroneously referred to the section Homolepida by its describer. 



Sumba. Three specimens. 



12. Lygosoma smaragdinum^ Less. 

 Lombok, Sumba, Savu. 



13. Ahlepharus Boutonu, var. quinquefceniatus, Gthr. 

 Sumba. A single specimen with 24 scales round the body. 

 The type specimens of A. quinquetceniatus are stated to be 



from the West Coast of Africa. 



14. Dibamus novm-guinecEj D. & B. 

 Lombok. 



15. Tyjihlops Jlorensisj sp. n. 



Snout prominent, rounded ; nostrils inferior. Rostral 

 about one fourth the width of the head, not extending to the 

 level of the eyes, the portion visible from below half as broad 

 as long ; nasal incompletely divided, the cleft extending from 

 the second labial to the upper surface of the snout ; prteocular 

 present, narrower than the nasal or the ocular, in contact 

 with the second and third labials ; eyes distinguishable ; prae- 

 frontal, supraoculars, and parietals enlarged ; four upper 

 labials. Diameter of body 42 times in the total length ; tail 

 twice as long as broad, ending in a spine. 22 scales round 

 the body. Olive-grey above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 255 millim. 



This species is very closely allied to T. torresianus, Blgr., 

 from Murray Island, Torres Straits ; it differs in the nasal 

 cleft not being produced so far back on the top of the head, in 

 the narrower rostral, and in the longer tail. 



Flores. A single specimen. 



16. Liasis Mackloti, D. & B. 



Savu. 



Previously known from Timor and Samao. 



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