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height; frontonasal broader than deep, broadly in contact with 

 the rostral, narrowly with the frontal; prefrontal wider than 

 long, narrowly separated, touching two frenals, first superciliary, 

 and first supra-ocular; frontal slightly longer than wide, in con- 

 tact with two supra-oculars and the interparietal; the latter 

 longer than broad, inclosed by the parietals, with a prominent 

 eyespot, larger than frontoparietals; latter sepai*ated, touching 

 two supra-oculars ; a pair of nuchals present ; parietals more than 

 three times as long as wide ; five supra-oculars, first largest, sec- 

 ond widest, last three touching the parietal; nostril pierced be- 

 tween the large supranasal and first labial (if a nasal scale is 

 present it is apparently indistinguishable) ; two frenals, first 

 nearly twice as large as the second ; one large preocular ; only two 

 anterior superciliaries distinguishable; six upper labials, first 

 very large, third and fourth below the eye; a scale partially 

 inserted between the fourth and fifth labials; mental large, 

 extending back to the vertical of near suture between first and 

 second upper labials; four lower labials; postmental smaller 

 than mental, touching one labial; three pairs of chin-shields. 



Fio. 10. Brachymeles vermis sp. nov., from Sulu ; a^. side of head; b, top of head (normal) ; 

 c, chin ; d, top of head (variation of Papahag specimens). 



none in contact, second pair broadest, first two separated by 

 a single scale, third pair by three scales; temporals slightly 

 enlarged, two touching parietal; twenty -two scale rows around 

 body, all smooth; preanals slightly enlarged. No limbs present; 

 a slight depression laterally on either side of the anus with two 

 or three elongate scales. No auricular opening; scales on 

 anterior part of snout thickened. 



Color in life. — Above light brown, each scale with a darker 

 brown spot, making broken longitudinal lines; belly the same, 

 slightly lighter. 



