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niillim. 



Total length 135 



Head 11-5 



Width of head lf> 



Body 45-5 



Fore limb 9 



Hind limb 16 



Tail 78 



Three specimens from Faro Island. 



Lygosoma woodfordi, sp. n. 



Body elongate, limbs rather short ; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths in 

 the distance between .ixilla and groin. Snout moderately elongate, 

 truncate. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; 

 no supranasal ; a single anterior loreal ; rostral forming a broad 

 straight suture with the frontonasal, which is broader than long ; 

 prsefrontals forming a short median suture; frontal as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first supra- 

 ciliary and the two anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, followed 

 by a very small fifth, first longest ; ten supraciliaries, first largest ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, former much larger than 

 latter ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; no 

 nuchals ; nine upper labials, seventh below the centre of the eye ; 

 a series of rather large suborbitals separates the orbit from the 

 labials. Ear-opening oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening ; no 

 auricular lobules. 34 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; 

 dorsals largest, laterals very small. A pair of enlarged praeanals. 

 The adpressed limbs just meet. Digits rather short, slightly com- 

 pressed ; 18 smooth laraellse under the fourth toe. Dark brown 

 above, with strong metallic gloss ; sides with curved or oblique black 

 bars ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



millim. 



Total length 166 



Head 19 



Width of head 12 



Body 87 



Fore limb 24 



Hind limb 37 



Tail (reproduced) ()^ 



A single specimen from Faro Island. 



Lygosoma concinnatum, sp. n. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained once and one fifth to once and two fifths 

 in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse; 

 supraocular regions swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 

 in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; a single anterior loreal (except in 



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