1903.] 



NEW REPTILES FROM BRITISH NEW GUINEA. 



127 



lips spotted with clavk bi'own ; lower parts whitish, throat almost 

 entirely dark brown. 



Fore limb 14 millim. 



Hind limb 23 „ 



Tail 72 .. 



Total length 117 millim. 



Head 11 „ 



Width of head ... 7 „ 



Body 34 „ 



A single specimen from the Albert Edward Range, 6000 feet, 

 collected by Mr. H. S. Rohn. 



Nearest ally : L. anneotens Blgr., from New Guinea. 



Lygosoma pulchrum. (Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Section Liolejnsma. Habit lacertiform, slender ; the distance 

 between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once 

 and one fourth in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 moderate, pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. jSTosti'il pierced in the middle of a rather large nasal ; no 

 supranasal ; anterior loreal as deep as the nasal ; frontonasal 

 broader than long, forming a shoi-t straight suture with the 

 rostral ; prefrontals meeting Avith their inner angles, or narroAvly 

 separated ; frontal small, acutely pointed behind, in contact with 

 the first and second supraoculars ; frontoparietal single, as long- 

 as the frontal ; interparietal distinct, about half as long as the 

 frontoparietal ; four supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; pai-ietals 

 in contact behind the intei"parietal ; three to five pau's of nuchals ; 

 four upper labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening roundish, 

 smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 24 scales 

 round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth ; dorsals, especially 

 the tAvo vertebral series, largest, laterals smallest. Two strongly 

 enlarged preeanals. The hind limb reaches the elboAv of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Digits slender, a little flattened at the 

 base, fourth toe much longer than third ; subdigital lamellae 

 smooth, 22 under the fourth toe. Black aboA'e, with five Avhite 

 longitudinal lines, commencing on the snout, the vertebral nar- 

 rowly interrupted behind the head and ending a little before 

 reaching the sacral region ; an interrupted additional line on 

 each side of the body betAveen the vertebral line and the upper 

 lateral ; limbs reddish, spotted Avitli black, Avith regulai- black 

 bars across the digits; tail coral- red, Avith a regular series of 

 black spots or A^ertical bars on each side ; loAver surface of head 

 and body greenish Avhite. 



Head 



Width of head 

 Body 



9 millim. 



27 „ 



Fore limb 11 millim. 



Hind limb 16 



Tavo specimens, both with the tail injured, from the Albert 

 EdAA^ard Range, 6000 feet, collected by Mr. H. S. Rohn. 

 Nearest ally : L. jndchellum Gray, from the Philippines. 



