734 MB. G. A. BOITLENGEB OX ADBITIONS TO THE LIZABD [DeC. 4, 



head and body. Pale reddish brown above, with small darker 

 spots, a sb'ghtly uudulous blackish line on each side, and a series of 

 blackish spots forming an interrupted vertebral line ; sides dark 

 brown, with light dots ; lower parts whitish. 



milliin. millim. 



Total length 88 Fore limb 8 



Head 8 Hind limb 10 



Width of head 4-5 Tail 50 



Body 30 



A single specimen from Mt. Benguet, N. Luzon, collected by 

 Mr. Whitehead. Presented by the Subscribers to the Whitehead 

 Exploration Fund. 



Ltgosoma decipies-s. (Plate XLIX. fig. 3.) 



This small Scink so much resembles the preceding in coloration 

 and in the scahng of the head that one would at first be inclined 

 to refer it to the same species. It differs, however, in several 

 important characters. The ear-opening is much larger and oval, 

 nearly two-thirds the size of the eye-opening. The rostral forms a 

 much broader sutui-e with the frontonasal ; the frontal is slightly 

 longer than the frontoparietal. The body is shorter, the distance 

 between the end of the snout and the fore limb once and one- 

 fourth to once and one-third in the distance between axilla and 

 groin. The length of the hind limb equals the distance between 

 the nostril and the fore limb. There are 36 scales round the 

 middle of the body. The tail tapers gradually from the base. 

 As stated above, the coloration is much the same as in L. luzoneiise ; 

 there are, however, no other dark spots on the back but those 

 forming the interrupted vertebral line ; a well-defined dark brown 

 streak, continued as a dorso-lateral line, extends along each side of 

 the head and neck, parsing through the eye, and the temple and 

 neck below it are white. 



milliui. millim. 



Total length 80 Pore limb 10 



Head 9 Hind limb 12 



Width of head 5 TaU 45 



Body 26 



Both this species and the preceding connect the sections 

 Himdia and Homolepida, but should be referred to the former, as 

 defined by me '. 



Two specunens were obtained by Mr. Whitehead on Isabella, 

 N.E. Luzon. 



^ Through an oversight, the section Hinulia is stated in my Catalogue to be 

 characterized by distinct frontoparietals; L.acutum forms an exception in 

 having these shields fused. 



