1897.] BEPTILES AND BATRACHIANS or CEXiEBES. 211 



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 ; supraocular region much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal : two superposed 

 loreals behind the nasal, the lower in contact with the lower prse- 

 ocular ; rostral forming a straight or slightly curved suture with the 

 frontouasal, which is twice as broad as long ; prsefrontals forming 

 a median suture : frontal as long as frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together, much narro\^ed behind, in contact with the three 

 or four anterior supraoculars ; seven or eight supraoculars, first 

 much longer than second ; twelve to fifteen supraciliaries ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in size ; parietals 

 forming a shoi't suture behind the interparietal ; no nuchals ; fifth 

 and sixth, or fourth, fifth, and sixth upper labials below the eye. 

 Eai'-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening ; no 

 auricular lobules. 44 or 46 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged prseanals. The hind 

 limb reaches the shoulder or a little beyond. Digits elongate, 

 C0Q)pressed ; subdigital lamellsB unicarinate, 22 to 24 under the 

 fourth toe. Tail about twice as long as head and body. Brown 

 above, with small darker spots and more or less distinct, wavy, 

 yellowish-brown cross-bars; a more or less distinct dorso-lateral 

 series of small yellov\ ish spots ; limbs with dark brown or blackish 

 vertical bars ; a black stripe on each side of the pelvis and the base 

 of the tad, bordered above by a yellowish streak or a series of 

 yellowish spots ; lower parts yellowish white. 



mm. 



Total length 236 



Head 18 



Width of head 12 



Body 58 



Fore limb 24 



Hind limb 46 



Tail 160 



Six specimens were obtained in Central Celebes, in the low-land 

 and in the hUls up to an altitude of 650 feet. 



24. Ltgosoma taeiegatum, Ptrs. 



Numerous specimens : Loka, Bonthain Peak, 3800 feet. 



Bantimurong, near Maros, Loka (Weher). Indrulaman {Everett). 



The Celebes specimens have 38 or 40 scales round the middle of 

 the body, and 20-24 lamella? under the fotirth toe. The dorso- 

 lateral series of light spots are often confluent and form a pair of 

 yellowish streaks along the neck and body ; the throat of the 

 males is often blue or bluish. 



Peters has recorded Lygosoma fasciatuni, Grray, a Philippine 

 species of the Section Hinulia, as having been obtained by 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer at Gorontalo. Not having the means of verifying 

 the determ-ination, I prefer to leave the species out of this list. 



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