260 SCINCID ES. 
separated in the adult, slightly overlap in the young. Digits sub- 
cylindrical ; subdigital lamelle smooth, 16 to 21 under the fourth 
toe. ‘Tail once and one fourth to once and a half as long as head 
and body. Bronzy olive or brown above; a black streak on each 
side, from above the ear to the base of the tail ; usually another finer 
black streak on each side along the back; small black dots on the 
sides of the head, and usually also below the lateral streak ; lower 
surfaces greenish. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 115 Fore limb ........ 11 
Head vs sas geen 10 Hind limb........ 15. 
Width of head .... 7 Tail (reproduced)... 59 
Body asic cia reves 46 
Nilgherry Hills. 
a-c. Ad. & yg. Summit of the Nil- T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
gherries. (Types. ) 
d-e. Ad. Nilgherries. Col. Beddome ok 
f-h. Ad. Nilgherries. F. Day, Esq. ! P.]. 
i-k. Her. & yg. Coonoor, Nilgherries. W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 
47. Lygosoma laterimaculatum. (Pxare XVIII. fig. 2.) 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and one fourth to once and one third 
in the distance between axilla and groin. 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 a little 
shorter than the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in con- 
tact with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars, 
second largest; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and 
interparietal distinct, usually subequal; parietals forming a suture 
behind the interparictal; three to five pairs of nuchals; fifth upper 
labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye- 
opening, without projecting granules or lobules. 26 or 28 scales 
round the middle of the body, smooth, or dorsals feebly pluricari- 
nate; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged preanals, 
not much longer than broad. The hind limb reaches the wrist or 
the elbow. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital lamella smooth, 21 to 
25 under the fourth toe. Tail once and two thirds to once and 
three fourths the length of head and body. Bronzy above, with a 
blackish, above light-edged, lateral streak along the head and body ; 
two fine black lines or series of dots along the back; side of head 
and body below the lateral streak largely and closely spotted with 
black ; lower surfaces greyish ; tail blue in the young. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 94 Fore limb ........ 12 
OA ycrsnsite ea e-e a 9 Hind limb........ 17 
Width of head .... 6 Tail (reproduced) .. 47 
Body .........0.. 38 
