220 L. STEJNEGER. 



with yellowish; the color underneath is whitish, the males having 

 the throat pale bluish with whitish irregular spots ; tail with 

 alternating light and dusky rings. 



The collector states that this species is "abundant" in Botel 

 Tobago. 



I take great pleasure in dedicating this species to my friend 

 Professor K. Mitsukuri of the Imperial University of Tokyo. 



Fam. Scincidce. 



7. Eumeces elegans Boulenger. 



Three specimens from Taipa (No. 20) and one from the 

 Pescadores Islands (No. 19) agree in every particular with the 

 specimen in our collection from China (U. S. National Museum, 

 No. 22301). The specimens are nearly of the same size, yet 

 those from Formosa are black yellow-striped, while the one 

 from the Pescadores is uniform greenish gray with indication 

 of reddish on the head. 



Noted as *' common" by the collector. 



8. Eumeces chinensis (Gray). 



I refer a specimen from Taipa (No. 21) to this species with 

 some slight doubt, as the arrangement of the scutes behind the 

 nasal is somewhat abnormal, inasmuch as the first supralabial 

 ascends behind the nasal and joins the supranasal, thus exclud- 

 ing the nasal from contact with the anterior loreal. Whether 

 this is simply an abnormality, or whether it indicates the pre- 

 sence of a postnasal in other Formosau specimens remains to be 

 seen. This specimen has two pairs of nuchals, and 24 scale 

 rows round the middle of the body. 



Subord. Serpentes. 



Fam. Coronellidœ. 



