264 SCINCID.E. 
g-h. Ad. New Orleans. 
al. Ad. California (?). M. Sallé [ce 
m, Ad, Jalapa. M. Hoege [C.]. 
Being unable to find distinctive characters to separate the following 
Chinese Scink (L. reevesii), I must, at least provisionally, refer it 
to this species, with the following synonymy :— 
Hinulia reevesii, Gray, Cat. p. 76. 
Tiliqua reevesii, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 292. 
Eumeces reevesii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 87, pl. x. fig. K. 
modestus, Giinth. J. ¢. fig. @. ; 
Lygosoma nigropunctatum, Bocourt, Ann. Se. Nat. (6) vii. 1878, 
art. 16, and Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xxii. F. ee 2. 
? Mocoa exigua, Anders. Zool. W. Yunnan, p. 797. 
a-b. Ad. & hgr. China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. (Types of 
Tiliqua reevesit. 
c. Ad. China. A, Adams, Esq. [C.]. 
d-e, Ad. Near Ningpo. (Types of Ewmeces modestus.) 
jf. Ad. mete valley, J. H. Leech, Esq. [P.]. 
ingpo. 
g. Ad. Sze haem R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
52. Lygosoma assatum. 
Lampropbolis assatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 179. 
Mocoa assata, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) viii. 1876, p. 115. 
Lygosoma (Mocoa) assata, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Ttept. p. 450, 
pl. xxii. ¥. fig. 7 
Body elongate; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained twice and two thirds to twice and three 
fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 
obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 
pierced in the nasal; nosupranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, 
broadly in contact with the rostral and with the frontal; latter 
shield as long as the frontoparietal, which is single; four supra- 
oculars, second largest; eight supraciliaries ; interparietal rather 
large, parietals forming a suture behind it; enlarged nuchals one 
pair, or none; fifth or sixth upper labial below the centre of the 
eye. Ear-opening oval, as large as the eye-opening; no auricular 
lobules. 26 to 30 smooth scales round the middle of the body; 
laterals smallest. A pair of large preeanals. The adpressed limbs 
fail to meet. Digits subcylindrical; subdigital lamellee smooth, 
15 to 17 under the fourth toe. Tail about once and a half the 
length of head and body. Olive-brown above, each scale with a 
small dark brown spot ; a more or less distinct dark brown lateral 
band, light-edged above ; lips brown-spotted ; lower surfaces whitish. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 115 Fore limb ........ 12 
Head .i.2c0sveagas 10 Hind limb........ 16 
Width ofhead .... 7 Tail (reproduced).. 60 
Body: scaeascaes nese 45 
