306 Mr. G. A. Boulcnger on new 



N.B. — Since writing tiiis note I have learnt tliat pt. iii. of 

 the ' Annals of the South African Museum,' containing the 

 descriptions of those and many other new species of Solifugfe, 

 not to mention other Arthropods, ha^ been issued, bearing the 

 date December 181U1, although it does not appear to have 

 been published before February 1900. 



XXXIX. — Descriptions of neio Reptiles from Perah, Malay 

 Peniiisula. By G. A. BoULEXGER, F.R.S. 



The reptiles here described form part of a collection sub- 

 mitted to me for identification by Mr. L. Wray, Curator of 

 the Pcrak Museum, to which they belong. 



Lygosoma larutense. 



Section Lygosoma. Body much elongate; limbs minute, 

 didactyle. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in the anterior part of the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal twice as broad as long, forming sutures with the 

 rostral and with the frontal; pra3frontals small; frontal 

 slightly longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region, 

 in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars ; seven supraciliaries ; frontoj^arietals distinct ; inter- 

 parietal a little longer than the frontoparietals ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal ; fourth upper labial 

 entering the orbit, second and third smaller than first and 

 fourth. Ear completely hidden. 26 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body, equal. A pair of enlarged prreanals. 

 Hind limb twice as long as fore limb; fingers tubercle-like, 

 clawed, equal; second toe twice as long as first. Tail thick. 

 Uniform brownish in spirit (faded?). 



milliiu. 



Total lensfth 242 



Head...": 13 



Width of head 9 



Body . . lOJ 



Fore limb 7 



Hind limb 13 



Tail ii'8 



A single specimen from Maxwell's Hill, Larut, 3000 feet 

 elevation. 



Closely allied to L. siunatrense, Gthr. Scales round the 

 body more numerous and hind limb less rudimentary. 



IJyJrojjhis rhombi/er. 

 Head very small ; body long, extremely slender anteriorly. 



