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DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW LIZARDS FROM SELANGOR. 
By G. A. Boutencer, F. R. 8. 
[ With a Plate. | 
(Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 16th Jan., 1900.) 
Among some Reptiles submitted to me by Mr. A. L, Butler, Curator 
of the Selangor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, I had the pleasure of finding 
examples of two undescribed Lizards, viz.,a Gecko and a Skink, which 
that gentleman has kindly handed over to me for publication. I have 
great satisfaction in connecting his name with one of the new species. 
GEHYRA BUTLERI, 0. sp. 
_ Body elongate, limbs short. Head oviform ; snout a little longer 
than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, which is rather 
large and suboval ; head covered with finely granular scales, which are 
larger on the snout ; rostral twice as broad as deep, with a short 
median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first upper 
labial, and two or three nasals, the upper of which is large and in 
contact with its fellow behind the rostral ; 8 upper and 6 or 7 lower 
labials ; two pairs of elongate chin-shields, the inner nearly twice as 
long as the symphysial. Scales uniformly granulate on the back, 
limbs, and throat, larger, flat, and imbricate on the belly. Digits 
with a rudiment of web, the basal part granulate beneath, the distal 
part strongly dilated, with curved or angular lamellz, the two or three 
- Jast of which are divided by a median groove ; 5 lamelle under the first 
toe, 7 under the fourth. Taii depressed, with angular, finely serrated 
lateral edge ; a ventral series of enlarged scutes. Reddish-brown 
above, with whitish dots and three longitudinal series of dark brown 
spots ;a dark brown streak on each side of the head, passing through 
the eye. 
Total length 57 millim.; from snout to vent 32 ; head 9; width of 
head 55 ; fore limb 9 ; hind limb 11. 
I have examined three specimens from Kuala Lumpur. 
LYGosoMA SURDUM, 0. sp. 
Section Siaphos. Body much elongate ; limbs well developed, 
pentadactyle, widely separated when pressed against the body ; the 
distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained 
nearly twice in the distance between axilla and groin.. Snout short, 
pointed ; lower eyelid with an undivided semitransparent disk ; nostril 
