8. LyGosoma. 309 
lamelle feebly unicarinate, 14 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, a 
little longer than head and body. Yellowish brown above, each 
dorsal scale with a brown spot forming more or less continuous 
longitudinal lines; a dark brown dorso-lateral band; sides with 
dark brown and whitish spots. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 95 Fore limb ........ 75 
bs Ko ee ae ee 9 Hind limb ........ 13 
Width ofhead.... 55 Pails ascies daa akan 54 
Body) i.c:03 sens yore 32 
Hongkong, Singapore. 
a, Ad.? Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring [P.}. (Type.) 
111. Lygosoma albopunctatum. 
Riopa albopunctata, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. xviii. 1846, p. 480; 
Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc, Beng. xxii. 1853, p. 477; Stoliczka, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. xii. 1872, p. 182, pl. v. fig. 6; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. 
Ind. p. 62. 
Eumeces punctatus, Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 45. 
albopucctatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 22; Anders. Proe. 
Zool, Soc. 1871, p. 158. 
Eumeces (Riopa) tischerii, Bocourt, Ann. Sc. Nat. (6) vii. 1878, 
art. 16. 
Riopa fischerii, Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex., Rept. p. 416, pl. xxii. F. 
fig. 1. 
Body elongate, limbs weak ; the distance between the end of the 
snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and one third 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Supranasals present, in contact behind the 
rostral; frontonasal much broader than long, in contact with the 
frontal ; preefrontals small; frontal as long as the frontoparietals 
and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second 
supraoculars ; four supraoculars; seven or eight supraciliaries, first 
and last largest; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the inter- 
parietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparictal ; nuchals 
frequently indistinct ; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 
Ear-opening small, oval, with one or two small lobules anteriorly. 
26 or 28 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. 
Marginal preanals scarcely enlarged. The fore limb stretched 
forwards reaches the ear or a little beyond; the length of the hind 
limb is contained twice and a half to three times in the distance 
between axilla and groin. Fourth toe longer than third ; subdigital 
lamelle feebly unicarinate, 12 to 15 under the fourth toe. Tail 
thick, a little longer than head and body. Pale brown or rufous 
above, sides closely dotted with black; each dorsal and nuchal scale 
with a more or less distinct dark brown dot, forming longitudinal 
series ; sides of neck and anterior part of body white-spotted ; lower 
surfaces yellowish white. 
