8. Ly@osoma. 259 
in the nasal ; no supranasal; frontonasal broader than long, forming 
a Suture with the rostral, and usually also with the frontal ; latter 
shield as long as or a little longer than frontoparietals and inter- 
parietal together, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; 
four supraoculars, second and third equal ; six to cight supraciliaries ; 
frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal; parietals form- 
ing asuture behind the interparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals; 
fifth or sixth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear. opening oval, 
much smaller than the eye-opening, with two or three projecting 
lobules or granules anteriorly. 32 to 38 smooth scales round the 
middle of the body; laterals smallest. A pair of large preanals. 
The adpressed limbs meet or overlap. “Digits subcylindrical ; sub- 
digital lamellz smooth, 21 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail a little 
longer than head and body. Bronzy olive above, with small darker 
and lighter spots; a more or less dark brown laieral band, dotted 
with pale olive, sometimes bordered above and below by a light 
streak ; lower surfaces greenish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 120 Fore limb........ 16 
ead isc tatenwtese vibleala 11 Hind limb........ 22 
Width ofhead .... 7 Waal gt gata cg eon ees po 67 
Body. sawn te, 42 
Kashmere. 
a, Ad. Ladak. Messrs. Schlagintweit [P.]. (Type.) 
b-c. Ad. Ladak. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
d, Ad. Kashmere. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P:). 
46. Lygosoma bilineatum. (Prarz XVIII. fig. 1.) 
Mocoa bilineata, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. xviii. 1846, p. 430; 
Jerd. Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xxii. 1853, p. 477. 
Eumeces bilineatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 85. 
Body elongate; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and two thirds to twice in the 
distance between axilla and groin in the adult, once and a half in 
the young. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 
transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal ; 
frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and 
with the frontal; latter shield as long as or slightly longer than 
the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 
first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; 
six or seven supraciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal dis- 
tinct, usually subequal; parietals forming a suture behind the 
interparictal; three to five pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial 
entering the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, a little smaller than the 
eye-opening, with two projecting granules on its anterior border. 
22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, 
laterals smallest. Four large preanals, much longer than broad, 
pointed posteriorly in the male. The adpressed limbs are widely 
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