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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 215 32. LYGOSOMA TEMMINCKI, D. & B. This species appears to be common in the mountains of Java; it has been found at Padang, Sumatra, by Prof. M. Weber ; and we are now able to add Celebes to its habitat, three specimens having been brought from the Masarang by the Drs. Sarasin. 33. LYGOSOMA PARVUM, sp. n. (Plate XI. fig. 4.) Section Homolepida. Body much elongate, limbs weak; the distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once aud two-thirds in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal twice as broad as long, forming a broad suture with the frontal; praefrontals forming a median suture ; frontal nearly as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, latter a little smaller than the former; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; no enlarged nuchals ; third to fifth upper labials below tbe eye, from which they are separated by a series of scales. Ear-opening roundish, much smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 smooth scales round the middle of the body, ventrals largest. A pair of slightly enlarged praeanals. The length of the hind limb equals the distance between the centre of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth toe not longer than third, with 10 smooth lamellae inferiorly. Tail little longer than head and body, gradually tapering to a fine point. Dark brown above, with yellowish-brown dots on the sides ; pale brown inferiorly. mm. Total length 78 Head 8 Width of head 5 Body 28 Fore limb 7 Hind limb 10 Tail 42 A single specimen from Luhu, Central Celebes, between 1000 and 1600 feet. This species is closely allied to L. temmlnckll, but distinguished by the much smaller ear-opening and the separation of the frontonasal from the frontal. The latter character is, however, not absolutely distinctive, since out of about one hundred Javan specimens of L. temminckii I have found two in which the praefrontals form a short median suture. 34. LYGOSOMA INPRALINEOLATUM, Gthr. Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and two-fifths to once and three-fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout |