8. Lya@osoma, 329 
and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once and a 
half in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderately 
long, pointed, much depressed. Lower eyelid with an undivided 
transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the centre of the nasal; no 
supranasal ; frontonasal a little broader than long, forming a suture 
with the rostral and with the frontal ; prafrontals small and widely 
separated; frontal a little longer than the frontoparietal, in contact 
with the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars, first’ and 
fourth longest; nine supraciliaries, first and last large ; fronto- 
parietal single ; interparietal triangular, nearly as large as the 
frontal; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; two 
or three pairs of nuchals; fifth and sixth upper labials largest and 
below the eye. Ear completely concealed under the scales, but 
“ndicated by a depression of the skin. 22 smooth scales round the 
middle of the body, those of the two vertebral series much broader 
than the others. A pair of enlarged preanals. The adpressed hind 
limb reaches the wrist. Digits moderately long, strongly compressed 
distally ; subdigital lamella smooth, 20 to 25 under the fourth toe. 
Yellowish ; four black longitudinal bands above, the median pair 
extending to the supraoculars, the lateral to the eyes ; lips, sides of 
neck, and limbs brown-speckled ; digits with brown cross bars ; 
lower surfaces with or without brown longitudinal lines running 
between the series of scales. 
millim. millim. 
From snout to vent .. 38 Fore limb ........ 11 
LGA aie apativn aa eaes 9 Hind limb ...... 14 
Width of head ...... 55 
Celebes. 
a, Ad, Sangi Island. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. (Type.) 
6. Ad. Manado. (Type of Cophoscincus subvittatus.) 
138. Lygosoma quadrivittatum. 
Lygosoma (Cophoscincus) quadrivittatum, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 
1867, p. 19, and 1872, p. 683. 
Habit lacertiform. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the 
centre of the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal forming a suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield small, acntely pointed 
posteriorly ; four supraoculars ; frontoparietal single ; interparietal 
triangular; fifth upper labial largest and entering the orbit. Ear 
completely concealed under the scales. 18 to 20 smooth scales 
round the body; dorsals largest. Two large preanals, | Yellowish 
above, with four black longitudinal bands, the median pair extending 
to the supraoculars, the lateral to the eyes ; lips, chin, temples, and 
sides of neck speckled with black; digits with black cross bars; 
lower surfaces yellowish white. 
