32 LACERTILIA. 
EUMECES. 
Eumeces (Wiegmann), Peters, MB. Berl. Akad. 1864, p. 48. 
1. Eumeces lynxe. 
Euprepes lynxe, Wiegm. Herpet. Mex. p. 36. 
Plestiodon quinquelineatum, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gén. v. p. 707; Dugés, La Naturaleza, 1870, p. 144. 
Eumeces lynze, Peters, 1. c. p. 49; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 487, t. 22 . 
Hab. Mexico, mountain districts to 12,000 feet (Sumichrast), Guanajuato (Dugeés). 
2. Kumeces brevirostris. (Tab. XXII. fig. B.) 
Mabouia brevirostris, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 316. 
Eumeces brevirostris, Bocourt, 1. c. p. 439, t. 22 a. figg. 7, and t. 22s. fig. 1a. 
Hab. Mzxico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer), Oaxaca (Sallé). 
Scales round the middle of the trunk in twenty-four series. Postnasal absent, post- 
mental not divided. Generally two pairs of enlarged nuchal scales; subcaudals large. 
Back brown; along each side a black band, commencing from the nostril and disap- 
pearing at the root of the tail; it is bordered by a yellowish-white line above and 
below, the upper border running along the canthus rostralis, the lower along the upper 
labials. Tail with a bluish tinge; lower parts whitish. 
3. Humeces bocourti. (Tab. XXII. fig. C.) 
Eumeces bocourtii, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1888, xi. p. 34:2. 
Hab. Mexico, Presidio (forrer). 
Scales round the middle of the trunk in twenty-six series. Postnasal present, but 
small; postmental undivided. Two pairs of enlarged nuchal scales ; subcaudals scarcely 
enlarged. Bronze-coloured above; sides with a brownish band, which disappears on 
the hinder part of the body; anteriorly it is bordered above by a faint yellowish line. 
Lower parts whitish. 
4. Kumeces callicephalus. 
Eumeces callicephalus, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 431, t. 22 p. fig. 2, and t. 22 u, fig. 2. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Dugés). 
5. Humeces sumichrasti. 
Plistodon sumichrasti, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1866, p. 321. 
Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Sumichrast). 
Sumichrast found only two specimens of this species in the oak-woods at a height of 
1800 feet. 
6. Humeces dugesii. 
Eumeces dugésit, Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philomath. vii. 1883, p. 138. 
Hab. Muxico, Guanajuato (Dugés). 
