8. Ly@osoma. 235 
14, Lygosoma elegantulum. 
Hinulia striatula (non Steind.), part., Giinth. Zool. Ereb. §& Terr, 
Rept. p. 11. 
eg (Hinulia) elegantulum, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus, 
enova, xiii. 1878, p. 344. 
Body elongate, limbs rather short ; the distance between the end 
of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths to 
twice in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supra- 
nasal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with the 
rostral and with the frontal ; latter as long as or a little shorter than 
frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two 
anterior supracculars; four supraoculars; eight, rarely seven or 
nine, supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, sub- 
equal in length ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 
three or four pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial below the centre 
of the eye. Ear-opening suboval, smaller than the eye-opening ; 
no auricular lobules. 28, rarely 26, smooth scales round the body ; 
laterals smallest, dorsals, especially the two vertebral series, largest. 
A pair of large preanals. The adpressed limbs fail to meet. Digits 
short, feebly compressed ; subdigital lamella smooth, divided, 16 to 
20 under the fourth toe. Tail very thick, once and one third or 
once and a half the length of head and body. Brown above, uni- 
form or with small irregular dark brown spots, often forming trans- 
verse series on the nape; lips with blackish spots or vertical bars ; 
lower surfaces yellowish. 
millim. millim 
Total length...... 192 Fore limb ........ 16 
Head .......... 15 Hind limb ........ 24 
Width of head.... 11 MAU ie yshs Gina telayanasnte 112 
Bodyensucesssese 65 
Cape York, islands of Torres Straits, New Guinea. 
a, Ad. Fly River. Rev. 8. Macfarlane fet 
b-e, f-h. Ad. Murray Island. . Rey. 8S. Macfarlane te: j 
i-k, Ad. Islands of Torres Straits. Rey. S. Macfarlane [C. j. 
Lm. Ad. Sunday Island (°). J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P. ]. 
15. Lygosoma richardsonii. 
Hinulia richardsonii, Gray, Cat, p. 271. ; 
Hinulia richardsonii, Gray, Zool, Lreb. § Terr., Rept. pl. xi. fig. 2. 
Body elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end of the 
snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds in the 
distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower 
eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supranasal ; 
frontonasal a little broader than long, forming a narrow suture with 
