246 SCINCID.. 
between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; supraocular region 
swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; 
no supranasal ; two superposed loreals behind the nasal; rostral 
concave above, forming a broad straight suture with the frontonasal, 
which is twice as broad as long; prefrontals forming a median 
suture; frontal nearly as long as frontoparietals and parietals to- 
gether, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; six supra- 
oculars, first more than twice as long as second; twelve supra- 
ciliaries, first largest; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 
former larger than latter; parietals forming a suture behind the 
interparietal; no nuchals; fifth and sixth upper labials below the 
eye. ar-opening oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening; no 
auricular lobules. 40 scales round the middle of the body; dorsals 
largest and unicarinate, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged pre- 
anals. The hind limb reaches halfway between the arm and the 
ear. Digits elongate, compressed; subdigital lamelle unicarinate, 
25 under the fourth toe. Tail nearly twice as long as head and 
body. Chestnut-brown above,,with yellowish and blackish trans- 
verse spots ; lips black-spotted ; lower surfaces yelowish. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 161 Fore limb........ 24 
OAd oi niietne es 14 Hind limb........ 38 
Width of head .... 9 Tail, vivna vais a 105 
Bod yt seen cakes selene 42 
New Guinea. 
30. Lygosoma variegatum. 
Lygosoma melanopogon, part., Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 723. 
—— (Hinulia) variegatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 20%, 
) neevium, Peters § Doria, Ann, Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 
== ( 
p. 340 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb equals once to once and one third the distance between 
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 broad straight suture with the frontonasal, which 
is at least twice as broad as long; prefrontals forming a median 
suture ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than frontoparietals 
and parietals together; in contact with the three anterior supra- 
oculars ; six or seven supraoculars, first at least twice as long 
as second; twelve or thirteen supraciliaries, first largest ; fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal, or latter a little 
shorter than former; parietals forming a short suture behind the 
interparietal; no nuchals; fifth or sixth upper labial below the 
centre of the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, smaller than the eye- 
* Type examined, 
