238 SCENCID.Ad. 
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; 
rostral forming a narrow suture with the frontonasal, which is 
broader than long ; preefrontals forming a median suture; frontal as 
long as frontoparietals, in contact with the first and second supra- 
oculars ; five supraoculars ; nine supraciliaries, first largest; fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in length; parietals 
forming a short suture behind the interparietal; four pairs of 
nuchals; sixth upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening 
oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 30 
smooth scales round the middle of the body, the two vertebral series 
composed of very broad scales. A pair of enlarged preanals. The 
adpressed limbs fail to meet. Digits moderately elongate, com- 
pressed ; subdigital lamelle obtusely keeled, divided, 25 under the 
fourth toe. Tail thick, once and one third as long as headand body. 
Blackish brown above, with irregular yellowish cross bars; lower 
surfaces yellowish, throat marbled with dark brown. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 163 Fore limb ........ 15 
Heads gr cncisssten aves 15 Hind limb........ 22 
Width of head .... 10 Tail. peo ccceine 93 
Body wives awe w owe: 55 ; 
Philippine Islands. 
a, Ad. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
19. Lygosoma undulatum. 
Lygosoma (Hinulia) undulatum, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus, Genova, 
xii. 1878, p. 348, 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once and three fifths 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. . 
Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supra- 
nasal; rostral narrowed and produced superiorly, forming a straight 
suture with the frontonasal, which is broader than long ; prefrontals 
forming a median suture; frontal not or scarcely longer than the 
frontoparietals, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 
five supraoculars, first at least twice as long as second; ten supra- 
ciliaries, first and last largest; frontoparietals and interparietal 
distinct, subequal in length; parietals forming a suture behind the 
jnterparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial 
below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening moderate, oval, con- 
siderably smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 28 
smooth scales round the middle of the body; laterals smallest, the 
two vertebral series composed of very broad scales. A pair of large 
preanals. The adpressed limbs slightly overlap. Digits moderately 
elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamelle obtusely keeled, 20 under 
