8. LYG@osoma. 293 
and the fore limb is contained once and one third to once and a half 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout long, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 
between three small shields—a nasal, a postnasal, and a supra- 
nasal; frontonasal as long as broad or a little broader than long, in 
contact with the rostral and sometimes also with the frontal; pre- 
frontals forming a very short median suture if any ; frontal as long 
as the frontoparietial, or the frontoparietal and interparietal together, 
in contact with the first and second supraocnlars; four supra- 
oculars ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals fused into a 
single large shield ; interparietal distinct, small; parietals forming 
a suture behind the latter shield; a pair of nuchals and a pair of 
temporals border the parietals; five labials anterior to the large sub- 
ocular. Ear-opening roundish or oval, not or scarcely larger than 
the transparent palpebral disk, with two or three short obtuse 
lobules anteriorly. 24 to 26 scales round the middle of the body, 
all smooth ; dorsals largest, especially the two vertebral series, 
laterals smallest. Marginal preanals not or very slightly enlarged. 
The hind limb reaches the elbow or the axilla. Digits moderately 
elongate, flattened except at the end, which is strongly compressed ; 
subdigital lamelle very fine, smooth, 70 to 90 under the fourth toe. 
Tail about twice as long as head and body, often a little over. 
Bronzy olive or brown above, uniform or with small darker and 
lighter spots; frequently a black lateral band, commencing from 
the nostril, passing through the eye, and lost on the side of the 
body ; this band usually bordered above and below by a series of 
whitish spots; lower surfaces usually bluish green, sometimes 
yellowish. 
millim. millim 
Total length...... 275 Fore limb ........ 29 
Head .......... 21 Hind limb ........ 40 
Width of head.... 12 Daa aecteaemaceeect Bee 190 
BOd Ye ose dusielaeias 64 
Moluccas, Papuasia, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides. 
a, Yg. Gilolo. Dr. Platen [C.]. 
b-c. Ad. Fly River, New Guinea. Reyv.S. Macfarlane fat 
d. Ad. Murray Island. Rev. 8. Macfarlane [C.]. 
e. Ad. Duke of York Island. Rey. G. Brown (C.]. 
f-h, t. Ad. Treasury I., Solomon Is. H. B. Guppy, Esq. pt 
k Ad. Santa Anna I., Solomon Is, H.B. Guppy, Esq. [P.}. 
Lp. Ad. & hgr. Sandwich I., N. Hebrides. Dr. Corrie rE. 
gt. Ad. Erromango. 
90. Lygosoma samoense. 
Eumeces samoensis, 4. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p.157; Hombr. & 
Jacq. Voy. Péle Sud (Astrolabe et Zélée), Rept., p. 10, pl. v. fig. 2. 
Euprepes concolor, A. Dum. 1. c. p. 162; Hombr. § Jacq. 1. ¢. p. 12, 
L. i. fig. 3, 
Enon samoensis, Girard, U.S. Explor, Exped., Herp. p. 265. 
