652 ME. STANLEY s. rLOWEK o^s THE [May 16, 



87. Lygosoma CHAiciDEs (Linn.). 



Lygosoma clialcides, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 340. 



Siamese. " Mee-ang-ngu." 



This curious little skink is recorded from Penang Hill and 

 Singapore by Cantor (p. 49), and from Bangkok by Boettger (Zool. 

 Anz. 1893, no. 433, p. 430). I got one specimen on Penang Hill, 

 elevation about ^200 feet ; one 1 found under a stone paving-flag in 

 a garden in Bangkok, and one was caught on board the s.s. 'Hecate' 

 on a voyage from Siam to Singapore ; I also obtained seven speci- 

 mens from Chantaboon and three said to be from Kosichang. 



Cohur (in life). Above pale buff, with numerous fine longitu- 

 dinal, beautiful golden-brown lines. Below white, with numerous 

 fine longitudinal zigzag brown lines. Top of bead dark brown. 

 Lips pale buff. 



Size. The largest Siamese specimen measured in total length 

 155 mm. (snt. to vnt. 70 ; tail 85). 



Hah. Southern China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



Note A. — Of two snakes {Lycodon suhcinctus) which I got in the 

 Larut Hills, Perak, at an elevation of 4400 feet, each had a lizard 

 in its stomach, belonging to some species of Lygosoma ; unfor- 

 tunately they were in too advanced a state of digestion to be 

 determined, but apparently they indicate a species to be subse- 

 quently added to the list of Malay Peninsula reptiles. 



Cohur (when found). Above rich olive-brown, with black 

 oblong spots ; sides olive, spotted with black and white ; lower 

 surfaces bright yellowish green. 



Size. Total length 188 mm. (snt. to vnt. 93 ; tail 95). 



Note B. — Teopidophorus cochikchinensis (Dum. & Bibr.). 

 Tropidophoruscochinchinensis, Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 363. 

 The type-specimen of T. microlepis was obtained by M. Mouhot 

 in Cambodia, so the species may be eventually found in Siam. 

 Hah. Cambodia, Cochiucbina. 



Suborder OPHIDIA. 



Native names : — 



Siamese. " Ngu." 



Malay. " TJlar." 



r J .< 17- 1 v f Lake & Kelsall, J. S. B. 



t/«fct«n. " Kichon. J -p a <a „„ oft iqqj^ 



Jakun Camphor language. Akar. j 48 & 55 



Tamily Ttphlopid^. 



88. Typhxops lineatus Boie, 



Pilidion lineatum, Cantor, p. 50. 



Typhlina lineata, Gunth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 171, pi. xvi. fig. B. 



Typhlops lineatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 15. 



Two specimens of this Blind Snake have been obtained on 



