8. Ly@osoara,. 307 
nasals distinct, in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal much 
broader than long, broadly in contact with the frontal ; preefrontals 
small; frontal longer than frontoparietals and parietals together, 
in contact with the three anterior supraoculars ; five supraoculars, 
fifth very small; frontoparictals and interparietal distinct, equal ; 
parietals forming a short suture behind the interparictal ; a pair of 
nuchals ; fifth upper labial largest and entering the orbit. Ear- 
opening moderately large, roundish, without or with a single slightly 
projecting scale. 28 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals 
tri- or quinquecarinate. The hind limb reaches halfway between 
axilla and groin. Brown above, each scale with a black basal dot; 
sides blackish above, spotted with white on the head and neck ; lower 
surfaces yellowish. 
millim. millim. 
From snout tovent.. 69 Fore limb........ 10 
Head, gi@% esi ewes 13 Hind limb ...... 17 
Accra, Guinea. 
109. Lygosoma sundevallii. 
Eumeces (Riopa) sundevallii, Smith, IU. 8. Afr., Rept., App. p. 11. 
—— afer, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619. 
reticulatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 23. 
Mochlus punctatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 308, and Zool, 
Ree. 1864, p. 111. ; a, 
afer, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lisb. i. 1867, p. 222, pl. iii. fig. 2. 
Eumeces perdicilor, Cope, Proc, Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 317. 
—— (Senira) dumerili, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii. i. 1870, 
p. 841, pl. ii. f. 5. , ee 
—— sundevallii, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 75, pl. xi. fig. 2. 
Euprepes chaperi, Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vii. 1884, p. 169, 
and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1884, p. 346, pl. xii. fig. 2. 
Body much elongate, subcylindrical ; limbs weak; the distance 
between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice 
to twice and a half in the distance between axilla and groin. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Snout short, much depressed, rounded; no 
canthus rostralis. Supranasals present, in contact behind the rostral ; 
frontonasal much broader than long, largely in contact with the 
frontal; preefrontals small; frontal about as long as frontoparietals 
and parietals together, in contact with the first and second, 
or first, second, and third supraoculars; five supraoculars, fifth 
very small; six to eight supraciliaries, first and last largest ; 
frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal, or inter- 
parietal smallest; no nuchals; fourth and fifth labials below 
the eye, fourth largest. Ear-opening very small, roundish. 26 to 
28 scales round the middle of the body, subequal, all smooth, or 
dorsals more or less distinctly tri- or quinquecarinate. Preanals 
not enlarged. Limbs widely separated when adpressed. Digits 
short, compressed ; third and fourth toes subequal, or fourth a little 
longer ; subdigital lamelle feebly unicarinate, 11 to ul the 
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