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45. Lygosoma praesig^ne, Blgr. 
Semangko Pass, Selangor- Pahang border. 
The single specimen agrees very closely in size, scaling, and coloration, 
with the type from the Larut Hills, altitude, 4,000 feet, which I described in 
the Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) vi, 1900, p. 191. 
‘ The specimen was captured in a crevice in a tree-trunk, and many 
others were noted in the vicinity, which 1 neglected to secure, mistaking 
them for the immature stage of the common Mahuia multifasciata^ to which 
L. praesigne bears a strong superficial resemblance.’ H. C. R. 
46. Lygosoma bowringii, Stwr. 
Jambu, Jhering. 
‘ The specimen was taken at dusk, on a sandy path. It progressed, 
rather slowly, by movements of the body, the limbs giving, apparently, very 
little aid.’ 
4-7. Lyg^osoma quadrivittatum, Ptrs. 
Bukit Besar. 
This skink was known from Celebes (Gorontalo) and the Philippines 
(Mindanaor) ; the British Museum has received it from Sandakan, North 
Borneo ; and its range is now found to extend to the Malay Peninsula. 
48. Lyg^osoma chalcides, L. 
Batang Padang, South Perak. 
‘ The limbs of this and similar slender forms are of more use in 
progression than their small size would indicate, at any rate upon the surface 
of the ground. The species are, however, burrowing forms, so often found 
associated with the Typhlopidae that the Malays regard them as the larvae of 
these snakes.’ 
49. Lygosoma miodactylum, sp. nov. 
(Plate X, Fig. 3) 
Section Lygosoma. Body much elongated, limbs minute, the anterior with 
toes rudimentary, bud-like digits with blunt claws ; the posterior terminating 
in a single sharp claw. Snout short, obtuse ; lower eyelids scaly, nostril 
pierced in the anterior lower part of the nasal ; no supranasal ; fronto-nasal 
twice as broad as long, forming sutures with the rostral and with the frontal ; 
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