2/1 



adpressed ; hind limb as long as the distance between the 

 nostril and the fore limb ; digits slender, fourth toe longest, 

 with 1 8 lamellae below. 



Brown above, with four longitudinal black lines; a light 

 vertebral stripe beginning between the eyes; labials with a 

 small median white spot. Lower parts light brown. Length 

 of head and body 56 mm. ; tail 73 mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Mentawei Islands (Sipora); 

 Engano. 



112. Lygosoma quadrivittatum Peters. 



Lygosoma (Cophoscincus) quadrivittatum^ Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1867, p. 19 



and 1872, p. 583. 

 Lygosoma quadrivittatum, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 329. 



Snout short, pointed; lower eyelid scaly; ear hidden under 

 the scales. Nostril in the nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal in 

 contact with the rostral and with the frontal; praefrontals 

 small and separated; frontal small and pointed behind, in 

 contact with the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars ; 

 eight supraciliaries; frontoparietal single; interparietal distinct; 

 parietals in contact behind the latter; three pair of nuchals; 

 fifth upper labial largest and bordering the orbit. 18 20 smooth 

 scales round the body, dorsals largest; the distance between 

 the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained one time 

 and three fifths in that between axilla and groin; two prae- 

 anals enlarged. Tail thick, a little shorter than head and body. 

 Limbs short, overlapping when adpressed; digits slender, fourth 

 toe longest, with 15 or 16 lamellae below. 



Yellowish above, with four black longitudinal bands, the 

 median one reaching the supraoculars, the laterals the eyes; lips, 

 chin, sides of head and neck spotted with black; digits with 

 black cross bars; tail dark-spotted, the spots sometimes forming 

 short vertical bars on each side. Lower parts yellowish-white. 

 Length of head and body 37 mm.; tail 35 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Sandakan!); Celebes (Gorontalo). 

 Philippines; Malacca. 



4. Ablepharus Fitzing. 



(FITZINGER, Verh. Ges. Naturf. Fr. I p. 297, 1824). 

 Pterygoids in contact, the palatal notch not extending to 

 between the centre of the eyes (fig. 6fb] ; pterygoids without 



