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Following are descriptions of my two .specimens which I refer to Cope's 

 lost Eumecpx pnrJn/iirus. 



(1) No. 41^-^ ailult. LtMiy,tli of head and l)ody, ()7 mm.; vent to tip 

 of tail, SS nnn.; fmm car to mu/zle, I'Jmm.; of hind lind). i:^ mm.; of 

 fore limit, Ki mm. Tail \nu^ and thick, slightly depre-se<l at hase, not 

 perfectly cylindrical for first ]'2 nnn. of length; 24 mm. in circumference 

 for first 2.3 mm. of lengtii. (Measurement around body at insertion of 

 fore lind)S only :!0 nnn.) 



No postnasal plate. Anterior loreal elevated, as high as long, and 

 reaching the tran.sverse interfrontonasal plate, as in the tyjie. Other 

 headplates as in original description of the species. Color above, light 

 brown. Head and njiper labials olive. Inconspicuous dark borders to 

 labials, Underparts white (pure white on throat and chin — bluish white 

 posteriorly). Two narrow light lines on each side; white in color and 

 with the enclo.sed area l»etween each jjair black. A narrow black border 

 above upper and below lower light stripes. The dark area between the 

 lateral lines occupying one whole and two half scales. Six scales between 

 the two upper light lines which extend to within 'AO mm. of the end of the 

 tail. A few scattered dorsal scales are black spotted (27 in 40 mm. of 

 length), l.imbs smaller than in examples of Enmeces brecilint'otas Cope 

 and E. trlrngrdmmns Baird of approximately the same size. (.''^I'^vs 

 noticeably smaller and weaker than in an example of telragrannnns only 

 00 mm. in length (head and Ijody ). Rows of scales, 2(j. No dark borders 

 to any of the dorsal scales. 



(2) No. 4113, jnv. Body heavier than in examples of Li'iolrpisma hde- 

 r((le of medium size but length about equal. Tail short, thick at l)a.>^e, 

 length about equal to head and Ijody. Color above, rich brown, tinged 

 with bronze in the living animal. Each dorsal scale with a dusky spot at 

 base. Upper surfaces of limits dark brown. Lateral light lines yellow, 

 enclosed area coal black. Cnderparts l>luish, excepting on chin and 

 throat, which are white. A heavy Itlack line above upper light stripe; a 

 dusky line along lower border of lower light stripe. Tlie immatui^ty of 

 this specimen will account for its rich dark coloration and tlie ditierence 

 in the proportions of the tail. Cojte states that in the young E. letra- 

 graiiniiits the sides and limits are scarcely darker than the back, which is 

 certainly not the case in the young of the present species. 



For comparison with these specimens I had examples of the following 

 species of skinks fntm Texas: Eumeces qu'inqurHneatus Linn., E. obsohtus 

 B. &. (jr., E. gnttulntitx Hallowell, E. nuiltirlrgatns Hallowell, E. anthra- 

 ciniis Baird, E. brerlliueatas Cope and E. dtragratnmus Baird. 



Alligator mississippiensis Dandin. 



The Texan range of the alligator is yearly becoming more restricted. In 

 an attempt to outline its present distribution I have Ijeen greatly handi- 

 capped by a lack of definite locality records but I occasionally come into 

 possession of .some data of real value. Recently, Mr. Turner Hubby and 

 two other gentlemen killed a nine-foot specimen in a marsh along the 

 Trinity River, about three miles south of Dallas. In 1909 a German boy 



