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21. LiGosoMA TEOPiDONOTus, sp. 11. (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Section Hinulia. Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and one-fifth 

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

 supraocular region much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 

 pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; two superposed loreal 

 shields behind the nasal, separated fi'om the lower prseocular by a 

 third loreal ; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, 

 which is nearly twice as broad as long and forms a narrow suture 

 with the frontal ; latter shield twice as long as broad, much 

 narrowed behind, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; 

 six supraoculars, first nearly twice as long as second ; ten supra- 

 ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in 

 size; parietals forming a short suture behind the interparietal; 

 nuchal present on one side ; fourth, fifth, and sixth upper labials 

 below the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 42 scales round the middle of 

 the body ; lateral scales smallest ; dorsal and lateral scales strongly 

 keeled. A pair of enlarged praeanals. The hind limb reaches a 

 little beyond the shoulder. Digits elongate, compressed ; sub- 

 digital laraellje unicarinate, 27 under the fourth toe. Blackish 

 brown above, with irregular transverse series of small, round, 

 yellowish-white spots ; sides of head and neck with yellowish- 

 white vertical bars ; limbs and tail with light cross-bars ; lower 

 parts bi'ownish white. 



mm. 

 Total length (tail in process of regeneration). . 118 



Head 14 



Width of head 10 



Body 47 



Fore limb 23 



Hind limb 36 



Kingdom of Luhu, Central Celebes, 1200 feet. A single spe- 

 cimen. 



22. LyGOSOMA NIGEIIiABEE, Gthr. 



Lygosoma {Hinulia) amabile, F. Miiller. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, 

 X. 1894, p. 833. 



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

 the fore limb contained once and one-sixth to once and one-third in 

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

 ocular region much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in 

 a single nasal ; no supranasal ; two superposed loreal shields behind 

 the nasal, the lower usually in contact with the lower prseocular ; 

 rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, which is 

 twice as broad as long; prsefrontals usually forming a median 

 suture, rarely meeting by their inner angles ; frontal as long as or 

 a httle shorter than frontoparietals and interparietal together, more 

 or less narrowed posteriorly, in contact with the three anterior 



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