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21 by 10 mm. and are white with five longitudinal grooves. 



Lygosoma smaragdinum varies considerably in coloration ; 



at least four distinct geographic forms may be observed, three 



of which have been described and figured by Barbour (Op. cit.). 



a. celebense subsp. nov. 



Pale olive or greenish above, with two or four longitudinal 

 series of large dark brown or black blotches on the back. An 

 indistinct lighter or yellowish dorso-lateral streak posteriorly. 

 (See Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897, P- 2I2 ) 



Borneo (Sandakan Bay!); Celebes (Posso!); Saleyer! (type 

 of L. acutirostre Oud.). 



b. moluccarum Barbour. 



Dasia smaragdinum moluccarum^ Barbour, op. cit. 



Greyish-brown above, sometimes with a greenish tint ante- 

 riorly, with or without small black spots, often preceded by 

 light ones. A greenish dorso-lateral streak (See Boettger, Abh. 

 Senckenb. Ges. XXV 1900, p. 339 and Nelly de Rooy, Bijdr. 

 Dierk. XIX 1913, p. 23). 



Celebes!; Ternate!; Halmahera!; Obi; Misol!; Kei Islands!; 

 Ceram!; Ambon!; Flores!; Rotti!; Alor!; Damma!; Timor 

 Laut!. Philippines!. 



c. smaragdinum (Less.). 



Scincus smaragdinus, Lesson, Voyage Coquille Zool. II 1830, p. 43, pi. Ill fig. I. 

 Dasia smaragdinum smaragdinum^ Barbour, op. cit. 



Green above, the green colour fading on the posterior part 

 of the body to brown, which is sometimes spotted with black 

 and whitish (see Werner, Mitt. Zool. Samml. Berlin I 1900, 

 p. 56; Nelly de Rooy, Nova Guinea Zool. V 1909, p. 378 

 and Bydr. Dierk. 19 1913, p. 23). 



Misol!; Waigeu!; New Guinea (Fak Fak!, Manaswari!, 

 Manokwari!, Tami river!, Mawes!, Lake Sentani!, Sermowai 

 river!, Jakari!, Tanah Merah Bay!, Humboldt Bay !, Astrolabe 

 Bay!, Mimika river!, Bara Bara!). Trobriand Island!; Solo- 

 mon Islands!; Bismarck Archipelago; Admiralty Islands!. 



d. viridipunctum (Lesson). 



Scincus viridipunctus^ Lesson, Voyage Coquille Zool. II 1830, p. 44, pi. IV fig. I. 

 Dasia smaragdinum viridipunctum^ Barbour, op. cit. 



Blackish-grey or dark bluish-grey above, the scales black- 



