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SCINOIDAE. 
Màbuia. 
22. Mahuia multifasciata Kuhl. 
Java: Buitenzorg, 15 sp. 
Sumatra : Solok , Singkarah , Fort de Kock and Kaju tanam, 12 sp. 
Flores: Maumeri, Sikka and Endeh, 5 sp. 
Celebes: Makassar, 2 sp. . 
23. Mahuia rudis Boulenger. 
Celebes: Luwu, 1 sp. 
This species was before observed only in Sumatra and Borneo= 
Lygosoma. 
24. Lygosoma malayanum Doria. 
(Annali del museo civico d. Genova. ser. 2^ vol. VI. 1888). 
Sumatra: Alahan pandjang. 
Body slender, elongate; limbs short; the distance between the end 
of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fifths in 
the distance between axilla and groin. Snout obtuse. Lower eyelid 
scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; a single anterior 
loreal; frontonasal broader than long, forming a flat suture with the 
rostral; praefrontals large, forming a broad median suture; frontal a 
little shorter than frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact 
with the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars subequal in 
length; seven supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 
subequal in size; parietals in contact behind the interparietal; no en- 
larged nucJials; seven upper labials , fifth, sixth and seventh largest, 
subequal; fifth and sixth below the eye. Ear-opening large, globular, 
smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 32 smooth sub- 
equal scales round the middle of the body, a pair of slightly enlarged 
praeanals. The adpressed limbs fail to meet. Digits short, subdigital 
lamellae smooth, not divided, 13 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, much 
longer than head and body. Head dark brown above , back dark brown 
with yellowish reticulations ; a dark brown band , edged with yellowish 
spots, extends from the eye to the tail; lower surfaces yellowish, 
flanks with light brown spots. 
Total length 87 mm. Body 24,5. 
Head 7,5. Fore limb 7,5. 
Width of head 4. Hind hmb 9,5. 
Taü 55. 
