270 SUINCID A, 
61. Lygosoma nigrofasciolatum. 
Lygosoma (Mocoa) nigrofasciolatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, 
p. 485 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. viii. 1881, p. 131. 
—— arborum, Bavay, Cat, Rept. N. Caléd. p. 19. 
—— deplanchei (non Bavay), Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lisb. iv. 1878, p. 229. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and one third to once and three fifths 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout rather long, obtusely 
pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 
pierced between a nasal and a postnasal, bordered inferiorly by the 
first labial; no supranasal; frontonasal nearly as long as broad, 
narrowly in contact with the rostral and with the frontal; latter 
shield as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact 
with the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars; nine supra- 
ciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct ; interparietal distinct, as long as 
or a little shorter than the latter ; parietals forming a suture behind 
the interparietal; a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals border 
the parietals ; sixth upper labial largest and below the eye. Ear- 
opening oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening, with one or two 
small obtuse projecting lobules. 36 to 38 scales round the middle 
of the body, subequal, smooth, or dorsals feebly striated. No 
enlarged preanals. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow. 
Digits elongate, subcylindrical, compressed distally; subdigital 
lamelle smooth, 29 or 30 under the fourth toe. Tail once and three 
fourths the length of head and body. Olive or greyish above, with 
more or less distinct undulated transverse series of small black and 
light spots on the back; a longitudinal black streak between the 
shoulders ; a black band from eye to ear; upper lip and lower 
surfaces greenish. 
millim. millim 
Total length...... 273 Fore limb ........ 33 
Head: ae nese eens 23 Hind limb........ 44 
Width of head.... 14 SP EIDS 25 seiap ct von tue 175 
Bod Wie irs see dards 75 
New Caledonia. 
a. Ad, Isle of Pines. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 
b-c, Ad. & hg. Noumea. E. L. Layard, Thsg. FE] 
62. Lygosoma, telfairii. 
Leiolepisma bellii, Gray, Cat. p. 84. 
Scincus telfairii, Desyard. Ann. Se. Nat. xxii. 1831, p. 293. 
Tiliqua bellii, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 70. 
Leiolepisma telfairii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 742, pl. 1. 
Habit lacertiform, rather stout; the distance between the end of 
the snout and the fore limb is contained once and one fifth to once 
and three fifths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout 
moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided semitransparent 
disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal a 
