8. LYGOSsoMA. 245 
a,b, Ad. New Guinea. 
e-d. Ad. Aru Islands. Marquis G. Doria [P.]. (As 
typical of Z. meyer.) 
28. Lygosoma nigrilabre. 
He nigrolabris, Giinth. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1873, p. 166, pl. xvii. 
g. A. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and one third in the distance be- 
tween axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse; supraocular region 
much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. , Nostril pierced in a single 
nasal; no supranasal; two superposed loreal shields behind the 
nasal; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, 
which, is twice as broad as long; prefrontals forming a median 
suture ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, 
in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; six supraoculars, 
first more than twice as long as second; eleven supraciliaries, first 
largest; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, former longer 
than latter; parietals forming a short suture behind the inter- 
parietal; no nuchals; fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth labials 
below the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the 
eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 50 scales round the middlo of 
the body; dorsals largest and feebly keeled, laterals smallest. A 
pair of enlarged preanals. The hind limb reaches the shoulder. 
Digits elongate, compressed; subdigital lamella unicarinate, 26 
under the fourth toe. Tail about once and a half the length of 
head and body. Chestnut-brown above, with irregular transverse 
dark brown spots; a dark brown dorso-lateral band, interrupted by 
yellowish spots; the dark band extends to the nostril, passing 
through the eye; sides reticulated with brown; edge of the jaws 
blackish ; lower surfaces yellowish. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 235 Fore limb........ 35 
Head. oe eieee ad ae 21 Hind limb ...... & 
Width of head .... 15 Tails cgcaae sw ees 140 
Body ...........- 74 
Celebes. 
a, Ad. N. Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. (Type.) 
29. Lygosoma simum * 
Lygosoma (Hinulia) sima, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, 
p. 54. 
Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths in the distance 
* Described from a specimen (9489) in the Berlin Museum. 
