262 SCINCID.E. 
and groin in the young, is contained once and two fifths to once 
and two thirds in the adult and halfgrown. 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 shorter than frontoparietal and interparietal together, in con- 
tact with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars, 
second largest ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single, 
longer than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the 
interparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals ; fifth, or rare!y fourth, 
upper labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening oval, much smaller 
than the eye-opening, without projecting lobules or granules. 22 
or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body; dorsals largest, 
laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged preanals. The adpressed 
limbs meet or slightly overlap in the adult. Digits subcylindrical ; 
subdigital lamellae smooth, 18 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail once 
and three fifths to once and three fourths the length of head and 
body. Bronzy brown or olive above, lighter on the limit of the 
blackish-brown sides; back uniform, or with scattered blackish 
dots, or with a blackish vertebral line ; lower part of sides black- 
spotted ; limbs dark brown; lower surfaces dark grey or olive. 
millim. millim. 
From snout to vent. 62 Fore limb........ 15 
Heads eh san acecannee 12 Hind limb........ 21 
Width of head .... 85 
Southern India. 
a-d. Her. & yg. Travancore Hills and _Col. Beddome [C.}. 
Wynad. (Types.) 
et, Ad. & her. Pulney Hills, Col. Beddome [C.]. 
k-I, Ad. & her. Top of Sivagherry Ghat. Col. Beddome te lk: 
50. Lygosoma nitens., 
Lygosoma (Mocoa) nitens, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 578, and 
Amn, Mus. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 82, pl. iv. fig. 2. : 
Body elongate. Snout short, truncate. Lower eyelid with an 
undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supra- 
nasal; rostral very large ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a 
broad suture with the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield 
hardly larger than the interparietal; four supraoculars; fronto- 
parictal single, larger than the frontal; parictals forming a suture 
behind the interparietal ; no enlarged nuchals ; fourth upper labial 
below the centre of the eye, fifth largest. Ear-opening punctiform. 
22 smooth scales round the body, the two vertebral series very 
broad. A pair of enlarged preanals. Metallic green above, with a 
black streak on each side of the back, originating on the supraocular 
region ; sides of body spotted black and pale green; throat with 
brown longitudinal lines, 
