1896.] BATKACUIANS OF THE MAIAT PENINSULA. 875 



body was 32 mm., and tlie tail (of which the tip was broken) 

 36 mm. The upper surface of head was light brown, the scales 

 being edged with black lines. A black line through eye. Lips 

 and chin immaculate black. The back, sides, and upper surfaces 

 of the limbs were black, with wavy, irregular but well-defined 

 transverse linos, pale greenish-white anteriorly, gradually getting 

 yellowish further back till those across the base of the tail were 

 yellowish-red. The lower surfaces of the body and limbs were 

 greenish-white. The lower surfaces of the toes and palms of feet 

 were brown. The tail was bright red, paler beneath. 

 Hah. Tenasserim, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



42. Lygosoma singapoubnsb, Stdr. 



Eumeces {Mabouya) sinyajjorensis, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, 

 Ixii. i. 1870, p. 341, pi. iv. Hg. 2. 



Lycjosoma siiufaporense, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 297. 



Steindachner described this species from a specimen from Singa- 

 pore. 



Hab. Malay Pein'nsula. 



43. Lygosoma jbkdonianum, Stol. 



Mabouya jerdoniana, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 172. 



Lygosoma jerdonianum, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 300. 



Stoliczka caught the type specimen and paw others on the little 

 island of Pulo Tikus, Penang, and mentions having observed a 

 very similar, or the same species on one of the small islands near 

 Siugapore. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula. 



44. Lygosoma bowringii, Gthr. 



Eumeces boivringii, Giinther, Kept. Brit. India, p. 91. 

 Euprepcs {lliopa) pimctatosiriatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, 

 p. 31. 



Lygosoma bowringii, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 308, pi. xxiii. fig. 3, 

 Peters records a specimen from Singapore. 

 Ilab. Burma, Hongkong, and Malay Peninsula. 



45. Lygosoma albopunctatum, Gray. 



Eumeces punciaius, Cantor, p. 45. 



liiopa albopunctata, Stoliczka. 



Ltjgosoma albopunctaiimi, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 309. 



Cantor says, it " is numerous in the Malayan countries, both on 

 hiUs and in valleys. Peninsula, Piiiang, and Singapore." Stoliczka 

 found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province 

 Wellesley. 



Hah. India, Assam, Burma, and Malay Peninsula,. 



