oi I, No. 5.] Contributions to Oriental Herpetology IT. 145 
N. 8.) 
LYGoOsoMA DUSSUMIERII var. CONCOLOR, var. nov. 
tail; the size is greater than that of any other specimen I have 
seen (snout to vent 57 mm; tail 105 m m.) 
Lycosoma OLIVACEUM var. GRriseUM, (Gray). 
The only digi wnat of this variety in the Museum is one from 
Sinkip Island (J. d-Mason). Mr. Boulenger has kindly ex- 
amined it, Spe soiuden from the Andamans and Nicobars belong to 
the typical variety. 
LyGosoMA CACHARENSE, sp. nov. 
Diagnosis, 
Sub bgenus Keneuaia , Gra 
pap lacertiform ; ‘ibe well developed, pentadactyle ; con: 
b reaches wrist of adpressed fore-limb. Distance betw 
tip of hort and fore-limb contained 13 times in distance pie 
axilla to groin. Snout short, obtuse, convex above ; lower eyelid 
Sealy ; no supra- or postnasals. Preafrontals ree behind rostral; 
frontal as lon as f ogether ; fronto- 
Parietals meet behind parietal; so enlarged ita Fifth and 
sixth upper labials beneath eye, enlarged. EHar-opening almost x 
large a, eye-opening, oval, vertical. Twenty-four smooth, su 
equal scales round centre of ‘body, nonimbricate laterally ; preanals 
slightly enlarged. Tail less than twice the length of head an 
bear: wag bait ae brown above, with darker barat line ; 
paler bel 
Tota Length oe ie er mm. 
Body 35 29 
Tail 73 ” 
Fore-limb 12 ” 
Hind Limb ar ae 
Breadth of Head ae eee oe 
One Specimen from Nemotha, Cachar (J. Wood-Mason). 
LyGosoMa PULCHELLUM (Gray) 
bcs oe pulchellum, Blgr., Cat. Liz. iii., p. 254, pl. 
I have been go chad su rised to find an example from 
Tayo (Meus colltr.) of this extremely beautiful and distinct little 
which was described from the Philippines. agrees 
il, fig. 1. 
