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32. Ltgosoma temmincki, D. & B. 



This species appears to be common in the mountains of Java • 

 it has been found at Padang, Sumatra, by Prof. M. Weber ; and 

 we are now able to add Celebes to its habitat, three specimens 

 having been brought from the Masarang by the Drs. Sarasin. 



33. Ltgosoma parvum, sp. n. (Plate XI. fig, 4.) 



Section Homolepida. Body much elongate, limbs weak ; the 

 distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb is con- 

 tained once and two-thirds in the distance between axilla and 

 groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 

 in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal twice as broad as long, 

 forming a broad suture ^vith the frontal ; praefrontals forming a 

 median suture ; frontal nearly as long as frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 four supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal distinct, latter a little smaller than the former ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the iuterparietal ; no enlarged nuchals ; 

 third to fifth upper labials below the eye, from which they are 

 separated by a series of scales. Ear-opening roundish, much 

 smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 smooth 

 scales round the middle of the body, ventrals largest. A pair of 

 slightly enlarged prseanals. The length of the hind limb equals 

 the distance between the centre of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth 

 toe not longer than third, with 10 smooth lamellae inferiorly. 

 Tail little longer than head and body, gradually tapering to a 

 fine point. Dark brown above, with yellowish-brown dots on the 

 sides ; pale brown inferiorly . 



mm. 



Total length 78 



Head 8 



Width of head 5 



Body 28 



Tore limb 7 



Hind limb 10 



Tail 42 



A single specimen from Luhu, Central Celebes, between 1000 

 and 1600 feet. 



This species is closely alHed to L. tcmmincMi, but distinguished 

 by the much smaller ear-opening and the separation of the fronto- 

 nasal from the frontal. The latter character is, however, not 

 absolutely distinctive, since out of about one hundred Javan 

 specimens of L. temminchii I have found two in which the prse- 

 frontals form a short median suture. 



34, Ltgosoma infralineolatum, Gthr. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb contained once and two-fifths to once and three- 

 fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 



