342 SCINCIDE. 
156. Lygosoma sumatrense. (Prat XXVIII. fig. 2.) 
Chelomeles sumatrensis, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xii. 1878, 
p. 146. 
Body much elongate; limbs minute, didactyle. Snout short, 
obtuse. Lower eyelidscaly. Nostril pierced in the anterior part of the 
nasal; no supranasal ; frontonasal more than twice as broad as long, 
forming a suture with the rostral and a very broad one with the 
frontal ; prefrontals small and widely separated; frontal a little 
longer than broad, broader than the supraocular region, in contact 
with the first and second supraoculars; three or four supraoculars ; 
seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, sub- 
equal ; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; fourth 
upper labial entering the orbit, second and third much smaller than 
first or fourth. Ear completely hidden. 22 smooth scales round 
the middle of the body, equal. A pair of enlarged prwanals. Hind 
limb a little longer than fore limb ; digits tubercle-like, clawed, on 
the fore limb equal, on the hind limb inner inserted lower than 
outer. Tail thick. Dark brown above; yellowish inferiorly, with 
brown dots on the sides and on the tail. 
millim millim 
Total length ...... 143 Fore limb ........ 4:5 
Heads cic cacece nes 10 Hind limb........ 8:5 
Width of head 7 Tail (reproduced) 50 
BOY ee iw e¢ ketene 83 
Sumatra. 
1, Ad. Agam, Dr. Bleeker [C.j.  (Type.) 
b. Ad. Lolos. Hr. Carl Bock [C.]. 
157. Lygosoma verreauzii. 
Anomalopus verreauxli, A. Dum. Cat. Méth. Rept. p. 185; Giinth. 
Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 47. 
Brachymeles leuckartii, Weinland, Ph. Senckenb. Ges. iv. 1862, 
p. 140, pl. v. fig. 3. 
Siaphos equalis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 229, 
Anomalopus godeffroyi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ae, 1867, p. 2 
Chelomeles peneony, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. i. ay xii, 1873, 
p. 145. 
Body much elongate; limbs minute, anterior tridactyle, posterior 
undivided. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril 
pierced in a rather large nasal; no supranasal; rostral produced 
posteriorly, and forming a suture with the frontonasal ; latter shield 
much broader than long, forming a broad suture with the frontal; 
prefrontals small and widely separated ; frontal a little longer than 
broad, broader than the supraocular region, in contact with the first 
and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; seven 
supraciliaries ; prefrontals distinct, shorter than the interparietal, 
behind which the parietals form a suture; no enlarged nuchals; 
