8, LyGosoma. 249 
Brown above, with a vertebral series of black spots and a black 
lateral band, beginning from the nostril and passing through the 
eye; lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 183 Fore limb ........ 25 
Head ............ 18 Hind limb........ 37 
Width of head .... 10 Tail. scmiwc setnes 115 
Body 2 esc essaes 50 
Philippine Islands. 
a, Ad. Dinagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]}. 
33. Lygosoma cumingii. (Piare XVI. fig. 2.) 
Otosaurus cumingii, Gray, Cat. p. 93. 
Euprepes otus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 20. 
- Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb equals, or nearly equals, the distance between axilla 
and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 
pierced in a single nasal; a large supranasal, forming a suture with 
its fellow; frontonasal very small, scarcely broader than long, and 
forming a suture with the frontal; latter as long as or slightly 
shorter than the frontoparietals and parietals together, in contact 
with the four anterior supraoculars ; eight supraoculars, last very 
small, first twice as long as second ; 12 to 14supraciliaries ; fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in length; parietals 
forming a very short suture behind the interparietal; no nuchals; 
sixth and seventh labials below the eye. Ear-opening very large, 
oval, nearly as large as the eye-opening ; tympanum scarcely sunk ; 
no auricular lobules. 46 to 50 smooth scales round the middle of 
the body; laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged preanals. The 
hind limb reaches the shoulder or halfway between the latter and 
the ear. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamelle unicari- 
nate, divided, 22 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and 
a half the length of head and body. Reddish brown above, spotted 
with black ; a lateral series of blackish spots, bordered with small 
white spots, the former very large on the sides of the neck; lips 
with small brown spots; lower surfaces yellowish white, throat 
sometimes with small brown spots. 
millim. millim: 
Total length ...... 168 Fore limb ........ 31 
Head............ 20 Hind limb........ 43 
Width of head .... 13 Tail (reproduced) .. 88 
OGY wong sacweee 60 
Philippine Islands. 
a-b. Her. & yg. Philippines. H. Cuming nat oy (Types.) 
e. Yg. aowne Dinagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. C.]. 
