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nearly as possible the position in which they occupy, but they 

 take up more space laterally than is actually the case. In addi- 

 tion to positional location the number of each scute, counting 

 from either of the margins or from the middle, is given by an 

 arabic numeral upon the pictured scute, the direction from which 

 the count has proceeded being indicated by an arrow unless this 

 is too obvious to need indication. The arithmetical middle of a 

 band is indicated by a dotted vertical line, except in a few cases 

 where the right and left halves of two different bands of a single 

 individual are placed in the same line, in which case a solid line 

 is used to separate these heterogeneous half bands. This change 

 of method may be a little confusing at first, but it was introduced 

 to save space. The band in which the anomaly occurs is num- 

 bered with an arabic numeral followed by a colon and a figure 

 indicating the total number of scutes in that band. For instance 

 6 : 63 means band 6 which has a total of 63 scutes, counting 

 the double scute as two scutes. L.S. refers to the last scapular 

 row of scutes, next to the bands. This mode of tabulation admits 

 of a very condensed record of a large amount of data. 



