8. LYGOsOMA. 3815 
rostral; frontonasal very broad, forming a narrow suture with the 
frontal; latter shield as long as the frontoparietal and interparietal 
together; five supraoculars, last very small ; frontoparictals fused into 
a single shield; interparietal rather small and triangular; parietals 
forming a suture behind the interparietal. Ear-opening moderate, 
rounded, simple. 24 or 25 smooth scales round the middle of the 
body. Praanals very slightly enlarged. The length of the hind 
limb equals the distance between the axilla and the eye. Fourth 
toe very slightly longer than third. Tail about once and one third 
the length of head and body. Greenish iridescent brown above, 
with an almost continuous series of small dark brown dots on each 
side of the back, beginning at the nape and margined above and 
below by a pale line; the centres of all the scales above and on the 
sides are paler than at the edges, and form straight longitudinal 
lines ; below whitish, with a vinaceous tinge, and distinctly reddish 
on the tail. 
From snout to vent 38 millim., tail 50. 
Martaban, Burma. 
118. Lygosoma vosmaeri. (Prats XXV. fig. 2.) 
: Hagria vosmaerii, Gray, Cat. p. 97. ; 
Hagria vosmaerii, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1839, p. 333; Giinth. Rept. 
Brit. Ind. p. 94; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 67. 
Campsodactylus lamarrei, Dum, § Bibr. v. p. 762. 
Body much elongate; limbs very short, the anterior pentadactyle, 
the posterior tetradactyle. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with 
an undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, in contact be- 
hind the rostral; preefrontals small, widely separated ; four supra- 
oculars; frontoparietal single; interparietal distinct. Ear-opening 
very small. 22 smooth scales round the body. Preanals not en- 
larged. Third and fourth toes equal; subdigital lamelle smooth. 
Upper and lower surfaces with alternating brown and yellowish 
longitudinal lines, corresponding to the series of scales. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 101 Fore limb ........ 5 
Head .cc..csinas s 7 Hind limb ........ 8 
Body ......-..--- 52 Tail (reproduced) .. 42 
Bengal. ; : Br! ; 
The unique specimen upon which this species is based is’ perhaps 
nothing more than an anomalous form of the following species, with 
five fingers instead of four. Should this prove to be the case, the 
name vosmaeri will have to sink in the synonymy of L. lineatum, 
