8. LYG@osoMa. 8325 
132. Lygosoma crassicauda. 
Lygosoma crassicaudum, A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p.172; Hombr. 
i Jacq. Voy. Péle Sud (Astrolabe et Zélée), Rept. pl. iv. fig. 1. 
Hombronia crassicauda, Girard, U. 8. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 240. 
Mocoa crassicauda, Giinth. Zool. Ereb. §& Terr., Rept. p. 12. 
Lygosoma ornatum, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii, 1877, 
p. 64, 
Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and 
ahalfin the distance between axilla and groin. Snout obtusely 
conical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no 
supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a narrow suture 
with the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield shorter than 
frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 
and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six or 
Seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, usually shorter than 
the interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 
parietal ; usually four pairs of nuchals; fourth or fifth upper labial 
below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening round, small, considerably 
larger than the nostril. 22 smooth scales round the middle of the 
body ; dorsals largest, A pair of enlarged preanals. The length of 
the hind limb equals the distance between the centre of the eye and 
the fore limb ; fourth toe longer than third, with 15 to 18 smooth 
lamelle inferiorly. Tail thick, nearly twice as long as head and 
body. Pale brown or golden above, with a black streak or two 
series of black dots along the vertebral line; sides dark brown or 
blackish, sharply limited above, with or without whitish spots; — 
lower surfaces yellowish or pale brown, uniform or spotted with black. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 126 Fore limb ........ 6 
Mead: soe ea ease 8 Hind limb........ 9 
Width ofhead .... 5 Pat cass ai wicnate-e ars 80 
Body cag essence 38 
New Guinea, islands of Torres Straits, Queensland. 
a-e. Ad. & her. Fly River. Rey. S. Macfarlane Let 
tS, g-k. Ad. Murray Island. Rev. 8. Macfarlane [C. ]. 
1, Ad. Cornwallis Island. Rev. 8. Macfarlane [C.]. 
- 183. Lygosoma pumilum. (Piare XXVI. fig. 3.) 
Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice or twice and 
one third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout obtusely 
conical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no 
supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield not larger than the 
interparietal, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four 
supraoculars ; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, smaller 
