8. LYGOSOMA. 299 
transparent disk. Nostri] pierced between three shields—a. nasal, 
a postnasal, and a supranasal; frontonasal as long as or a little 
broader than long, in contact with the rostral and (usually) with the 
frontal ; latter smaller than the frontoparietal, in contact with the 
first and second suproculars; four supraoculars; seven or eight 
supraciliaries; frontoparietals united 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 subocular, Ear-opening oval, 
a little larger than the transparent palpebral disk, without (or with 
very small) lobules. 58 to 64 scales round the middle of the body, 
all smooth ; dorsals largest. Marginal preanals a little enlarged. 
The hind limb reaches the elbow. Digits moderately elongate, a 
little flattened except at the end ; subdigital lamelle smooth, 30 to 
33 under the fourth toe. Olive above, with small dark brown spots ; 
a dark brown band on the sides, which are white-spotted; limbs 
with light dots; lower surfaces greenish white. ; 
A variety from Savage Island (1. lawesii) is olive-brown above, 
with scattered blackish dots and yellowish-white spots, each of the 
latter occupying one scale only; no lateral band; lower, surfaces 
yellowish. 
millim, millim 
Total length ...... 233 Fore limb ........ 30 
Heads :5 9. sens ase 23 Hind limb........ 42 
Width of head .... 14 Rall” spc une ete 140 
Bodv¥ wchsanoseana 70 
Samoa and Fiji Islands ; Savage Island. 
a, Ad. Samoa. Godeffroy Museum. 
b-c. Ad. Savage Island. Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. (Types of 
Mabouia lawesit.) 
97. Lygosoma parietale. 
Euprepes (Mabuya) parietalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 572, 
and Ann, Mus, Genova, iii. 1872, p. 31, pl. iv. fig. 1. 
Habit lacertiform. Snout moderate, obtusely pointed. Lower 
eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, 
very small; frontonasal broadly in contact with the rostral ; 
prefrontals forming a median suture; frontal small, scarcely larger 
than one of the prefrontals, in contact with the first and second 
supraoculars; four supraoculars ; frontoparietals fused into a single 
large shield ; interparietal distinct, very small; a pair of nuchals; 
five labials anterior to the large subocular. Ear-opening moderate, 
roundish. 36 scales round the body, all smooth. The hind limb 
reaches the axilla. Olive above, with small blackish spots; the sides 
of the back lighter, greenish grey; sides of the body with an 
irregular black, light-spotted band, beginning from the eye ; lower 
surfaces yellowish green. 
