8. LYGosoMA. 241 
very small ones; first supraocular at least twice as long as second; 
eleven supraciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal 
distinct, subequal; parietals forming a short suture behind the in- 
terparietal ; no nuchals; sixth and seventh, or seventh and eighth, 
upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening moderate, 
oval, much smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 
36 or 38 smooth scales round the middle of the body, subequal. A 
pair of enlarged preanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the 
elbow. Digits moderately elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamella 
obtusely keeled, 23 to 26 under the fourth toe. Brown above, with 
darker and lighter variegations. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 215 Fore limb ........ 23 
Head wisicce de siavsivie 20 Hind limb........ 35 
Width of head .... 14 Tail (reproduced) .. 120 
Body ............ 75 
Philippine Islands. 
a, Ad. Philippines, H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 
& Ad. Prine H. J. Veitch, ht ial 
24, Lygosoma indicum. (Prare XVI. fig. 1.) 
Hinulia indica, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (2) xii. 1858, p. 388; 
Stokezka, Journ. As, Soc, Beng, xli. 1872, p. 122; Theob. Cat. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 54. 
Eumeces indicus, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p.89; Anders. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 168. 
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 ; 
loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced 
in a single nasal, or between a nasal and a postnasal; no supra- 
nasal; rostral convex, largely in contact with the frontonasal, 
which is broader than long, and forms a narrow suture with the 
frontal ; latter as long as frontoparietal and parietals together, in 
contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars; four large 
supraoculars, followed by two very small ones; first supraocular 
. not much longer than second; nine or ten supraciliaries, first 
largest; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, former a little 
longer than latter; parietals forming a short suture behind the 
interparietal ; no nuchals; fifth and sixth upper labials largest and 
below the eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening ; 
no auricular lobules. 86 or 38 smooth scales round the middle of 
the body, laterals smallest. A pair of large preanals. When the 
limbs are pressed against the body, the hind limb reaches the elbow 
or not quite so far. Digits rather elongate, compressed ; subdigital 
lamella smooth or obtusely keeled, 17 to 20 under the fourth toe. 
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