278 SCINCIDE. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and one fourth in the distance 
between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; loreal region nearly 
vertical. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 
pierced between a nasal, a postnasal, and the first labial; no supra- 
nasal; upper head-shields slightly striated; frontonasal much 
broader than long, forming a narrow suture with the rostral; pre- 
frontals forming a median suture; frontal a little smaller than the 
frontoparietal, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 
four supraoculars, second largest; seven supraciliaries ; fronto- 
parietal single; interparietal distinct, smaller, separating the parie- 
tals; 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 a series of small granules 
anteriorly. 84 scales round the middle of the body, subequal ; 
dorsals and laterals strongly tricarinate. No enlarged preanals. 
The hind limb reaches halfway between the arm and the ear, 
Digits elongate, subcylindrical ; subdigital lamelle smooth, 36 under 
the fourth toe. Tail twice as long as head and body ; caudal scales 
bicarinate. Blackish brown above, with two yellowish streaks on 
each side, the upper commencing from the nostril and following the 
canthus rostralis and the supraciliary border, the lower bordering 
the upper lip and passing through the ear; lower surfaces greenish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length (tail Body a cieeareie a dsacd 42 
injured)........ 145 Fore limb ........ 19 
Hea disso ege carey 14 Hind limb........ 33 
Width of head .... 9 
New Caledonia. 
72. Lygosoma austro-caledonicum. 
Lygosoma austro-caledonica, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Caléd. p. 21. 
Euprepes haplorhinus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) x. 1872, p. 419, 
and in Brenchley, ‘ Curacoa, Rept. p. 897, pl. xxii. fig. B. 
Habit lacertiform, rather elongate ; the distance between the end 
of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half to once 
and two thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Head 
small; snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 
transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal ; 
frontonasal a little broader than long, forming a suture with the 
rostral and a broader one with the frontal; prefrontals small and 
widely separated ; frontal as long as or slightly longer than the 
frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars; four 
supraoculars ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; 
interparietal distinct ; parietals forming a median suture; a pair of 
nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; four upper 
labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening oval, as large as the 
