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once and two thirds to once and three fourths the length of head 

 and body. Brown above ; a black streak on each side of the 

 head, passing through the eye; this streak continued, more or 

 less interrupted, along the side of the body in the female ; some 

 dark brown spots on the back ; male with a large round black 

 spot above the shoulders ; upper lip and lower parts yellowish 

 white. 



Total length 220 millim. Eore limb . . 30 millim. 



Head 24 „ Hind limb . . 47 „ 



Width of head . . 15 „ Tail 140 „ 



Body 56 „ 



Three specimens from St. Aignan Id., S. of Fergusson Id., 

 D'Entrecasteaux Group ; collected by Mr. Meek. 



LTGOSOilA ALEEEDI. (Plate LV. fig. 4.) 



Section HoTmolepida. — Body much elongate; the distance between 

 the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three 

 fifths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly ; nostril pierced in a single nasal, 

 which is widely separated from its fellow ; frontonasal broader than 

 long, forming a broad suture with the rostral and a very narrow 

 one with the frontal ; frontal twice as long as broad, longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, a little larger than the interparietal, behind 

 which the parietals form a suture ; no enlarged nuchals ; fourth 

 to sixth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening round, nearly 

 as large as the eye-opening. 26 smooth scales round the middle of 

 the body, subequal in size. No enlarged prseanals. Limbs short ; 

 the length of the hind limb equals the distance between the centre 

 of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth toe slightly longer than third, 

 with 12 smooth lamellae inferiorly. Tail thick, a little longer 

 than head and body. Eeddish brown above, with darker spots on 

 the nape ; blackish spots forming a stripe on each side of the head 

 and body, passing through the eye ; whitish beneath. 



Total length .... 68 millim. Fore limb . . 6 millim. 



Head 7 „ Hindlimb .,9 „ 



Width of head . . 4 „ TaU 35 „ 



Body 26 „ 



A single specimen (gravid female), from Savu, North Borneo ; 

 collected by the late Mr. Alfred Everett. 



Ltgosoma gastrostigma. (Plate LVII. fig. 2.) 



Section Homolepida. — Body much elongate ; the distance 

 between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice 

 and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly ; nostril pierced in a single 



