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XI. Limbs short, or rudimentary, or absent. Lower eyelid scaly. 
No supranasals. Preefrontals small and widely separated. 
Frontal broader than the supraocular region. 
(Lygosoma, Gray, p. 22-4.) 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle; the length of the hind 
limb exceeds the distance between the centre of the eye and 
the fore limb. Lower eyelid scaly. Tympanum distinct. 
No supranasals. Frontal not broader than the supraocular 
region. Frontoparietals distinct. A pair of enlarged preanals. 
(Hinulia, Gray.) , 
A. Ear-opening with projecting lobules anteriorly ; three or four 
supraoculars. 
1. Preefrontals forming a median suture. 
24 to 34 scales round the middle of the 
body; subdigital lamelle feebly keeled; 
four supraoculars ................ 1. lesueurti, p. 225. 
30 scales round the body; subdigital 
lamelle feebly keeled; three supra- 
OCUIATS” ca aie eo ia euleai ed aes an ee’s 2. dorsale, p. 226. 
22 scales round the body; subdigital 
lamelle sharply keeled ............ 3. lee, p. 226. 
2. Frontonasal forming a suture with the frontal. 
a. Frontal in contact with the three anterior supraoculars. 
24 to 26 scales round the body; four 
labials anterior to the subocular .... 4. taniolatum, p. 227. 
30 scales round the body; four labials 
anterior to the subocular .......... 5. fischeri, p. 228, 
28 scales round the body; three labials 
anterior to the subocular ....,..... 6. strauchii, p. 229, 
b. Frontal in contact with the two anterior supraoculars. 
26 to 28 scales round the body ...... 7. labillardieriz, p. 229, 
B. No auricular lobules ; frontonasal in contact with the rostral. 
1. Frontoparietals distinct. 
a. Four large supraoculars ; a single anterior loreal. 
a. 36 to 40 scales round the middle of the body; pra- 
frontals in contact. 
The adpressed limbs overlap.......... 8. quoyi, p. 230. 
The adpressed limbs fail to meet ...... 15. richardsoniz, p. 235. 
