8. Lyeosoma, ; 341 
scales; lower surfaces yellowish, uniform or with brown longi- 
tudinal lines, 
millim. roillim 
Total length ...... 192 Fore limb ........ 
Mead) ss eee ewes 10 ‘Hind limb........ 8 
Width of head .... 6 Weil. ieee cee 96 
Body 0 yess ee ns 86 
Java, Malay peninsula, Siam, Southern China. 
a-b, Ad. Batavia. 
ec. Ad. Java. 
d. Her. Java. C. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 
e. Ad. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
SJ. Her. Siam. 
g. Ad. Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring [P.]. 
155. Lygosoma reticulatum. (Prare XXVIII. fig. 1.) 
Chelomeles reticulatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1878, 
p. 146 
Body much elongate; limbs minute, tridactyle. Snout moderate, 
obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the anterior part 
of the nasal; no supranasal ; rostral produced posteriorly between 
the nasals, forming a suture with the frontonasal; latter shield 
broader than long, forming a suture with the frontal; prefrontals 
small; frontal nearly as broad as long, much broader than the 
supraocular region, in contact with the first supraciliary and with 
the first and second supraoculars ; three supraoculars, second largest ; 
six supraciliaries, first and last largest; frontoparietals distinct, 
shorter than the interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind 
the interparietal ; two to four pairs of nuchals; fourth upper labial 
below the centre of the eye. Ear completely hidden. 24 or 26 
smooth scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals 
smallest. A pair of enlarged preanals. Digits tubercle-like, clawed, 
subequal. Hind limb slightly longer than fore limb. Tail thick. 
Brownish above, with two very indistinct darker cross bands on the 
neck; sides and lower surfaces whitish, punctulated with black, 
or with black lines following the edges of the scales. 
willim. : millim, 
Total length ...... 300 Fore limb........ 8 
Had ieee ciavc ews 16 - Hindlimb........ 9 
Width ofhead .... 9 Tail (reproduced) .. 95 
Body 2% cgeceeew as 179 
New South Wales. 
. Ad. Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. (Type.) 
b Ad. N.S. Wales, Dr. J. G. Fischer. 
ce. Her. —F 
