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mens a lateral dark band, edged above with white. Throat black in- 

 termixed with white spots and marblings. 



Total length 173. (173) mm. Fore limb 22. (22). 



Head 17. (15) Hind limb 38. (36). 



Widthofheadll. (9) Tail 102. (110). 



Body 54. (48) 



Stands nearest to Lygosoma melanopogon, from which it is easily 

 distinguished by its auricular lobules , the flat rostro-frontonasal suture , 

 the smaller size of the frontonasal, the four supraoculars that are in 

 contact with the frontal, the striated dorsal scales and the larger 

 number of subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe. The black throat 

 is very characteristical too. 



29. Lygosoma smaragdinum Lesson. 



Saleyer, 1 sp. 



30. Lygosoma olivaceum Gray. 



Sumatra: Manindjau, 1 young sp. 

 Java: Buitenzorg, 2 fullgrown sp. 



31. Lygosoma cyanurum Lesson. 



Celebes : Luwu. One young specimen with azure-blue tail. One full- 

 grown specimen with tail not differently coloured from back. Sides 

 of body with a white line, that commences on the supraoculars and 

 extends — above the earopening — to the hind limb. 



32. Lygosoma temminckii Schlegel. 



Sumatra: Padang, 1 sp. 



Java: Tjibodas 1425 meter above the level of the sea, 4 sp. 



33. Lygosoma chalcides Linne. 



Java: Buitenzorg, 1 sp. 

 Saleyer, 2 sp. 

 The latter specimens are very dark coloured. 



34. Lygosoma sumatrense Günther. 



Sumatra: Kaju tanam, 1 sp. 



Ablcpharus. 



35. Ablepharus boutonii Desjardin , var. furcata n. v. 



Flores: Sikka and Endeh, 5 sp. 

 24 or 26 scales round the body. Four labials anterior to the sub- 



