Vol. I, No. 5.] Contributions to Oriental Herpetology IIT. 145 
[N. 8.] 
LYGOSOMA DUSSUMIERII var. CONCOLOR, Var. NOV. 
We have a specimen from Canara (Col. Beddome) which 
perhaps differs sufficiently from others to be given a varietal name, 
though the differences may be due to age. The rostral is convex ; 
the dorsal and lateral surfaces are of an almost uniform pale bronze 
marbled on the sides of the neck with white, a colour which 
appears in the same manner on the labials and the sides of the 
tail; the size is greater than that of any other specimen I have 
seen (snout to vent 57 mm; tail 105 mm.). 
LiyGOsoMA OLIVACEUM var. GRISEUM, (Gray). 
The only specimen of this variety in the Museum is one from 
Sinkip Island (J. Wood-Mason). Mr. Boulenger has kindly ex- 
amined it. Specimens from the Andamans and Nicobars belong to 
the typical variety. 
LyGOsOMA CACHARENSE, sp. nov. 
Diagnosis. 
Subgenus Keneuwia, Gray. ~ 
Habit lacertiform; limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; hind 
limb reaches wrist of adpressed fore-imb. Tistance between 
tip of snout and fore-limb contained 15 times in distance from 
axilla to groin. Snout short, obtuse, convex above; lower eyelid 
scaly ; no supra- or postnasals. Preafrontals meet behind rostral; 
frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together ; fronto- 
parietals meet behind parietal; so enlarged nuchals. Fifth and 
sixth upper labials beneath eye, enlarged. Har-opening almost as 
large as eye-opening, oval, vertical. Twenty-four smooth, sub- 
equal scales round centre of body, nonimbricate laterally ; preanals 
slightly enlarged. Tail less than twice the length of head and 
body. Coloration—dark-brown above, with darker lateral line ; 
paler below :— 
Total Length ee soo lle) saaieal, 
Head ie Aa ee ONE. 
Body 500 see eee Sh) ” 
Tail fs sae sintuteie ss 
Fore-limb _... Poa aa uilctbe. 
Hind Limb 500 p00 pda 23 ” 
Breadth of Head a We ae tin 
One specimen from Nemotha, Cachar (J. Wood-Mason). 
LiyGosoMa PULCHELLUM (Gray) 
L. pulchellum, Blgr., Oat. Liz. iii., p, 254, pl. xvii, fig. 1. 
I have been somewhat surprised to find an example from 
Tavoy (Mus. colltr.) of this extremely beautiful and distinct little 
Skink, which was described from the Philippines. It agrees 
