622 G. A. BOULENGER 
8. Lygosoma comotti, sp. n. 
Section Riopa. Body moderately 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. Head much depressed; snout short, obtuse. Lower 
evelid scaly. Supranasals present, forming a suture behind the 
rostral; frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad suture 
with the frontal; latter shield as long as frontoparietals and 
parietals together, in contact with the first and second supra- 
oculars; four supraoculars; eight supraciliaries; frontoparietals 
and interparietal distinct, subequal in size; parietals forming a 
suture behind the interparietal; no enlarged nuchals; sixth 
upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear-opening small, 
hardly as large as the pupil, round, with a projecting lobule 
anteriorly. 28 smooth, subequal scales round the middle of the 
body. No enlarged preeanals. The adpressed limbs fail to meet; 
the fore limb stretched forwards reaches a little beyond the 
ear; hind limb half as long as the distance between axilla and 
groin. Fourth toe longer than third; subdigital lamelle obtusely 
keeled, 15 under the fourth toe. Rufous above, each scale edged 
with dark brown; sides brown, with yellowish spots; lower 
parts uniform yellowish. 
Total length ; . millim. 97 
Head . ; ; og ia Raa 
Width of head . ; aaa 9 
Fore limb . ie 10 
Hind limb . ; clea 16 
Tail (reproduced) . aes 40 
A single specimen. Minhla (Comotto). 
