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lar patch of white, bordered all around by black, which gradually 

 merges into the olive-gray dorsal color. A larger and less well-defined 

 white patch on each side of the throat directly below the shoulder 

 patches, these latter bordered faintly with gray spots, winch tend to 

 form a transverse band across the throat by fusing their inner borders. 

 A large black patch on the groin, roughly triangular in shape. 



Dimensions: Head and body, 32 mm. ; snout to center of eye, 5 mm. ; 

 snout to posterior border of ear, 9 mm.; diameter of eye, 2.5 mm.; 

 tail, 35 mm. 



Variations. — The difference in coloration between the two sexes is 

 striking. An adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 74014, from the same 

 locality as the male just described, is grayish white above, with six 

 longitudinal series of about seven black spots each, which get larger 

 posteriorly and fade out above the hindlegs; upper surface of tail and 

 head with a few vague darker markings; ventral surfaces and labials 

 immaculate pale olive-buff. Another female, U.S.N.M. No. 75899, 

 is similar, while a third female, U.S.N.M. No. 69125, has a powdering 

 of dark dots on the upper parts of the body and limbs, the labials and 

 throat being also more or less punctate. 



The fine male specimen from Gonave Island, M.C.Z. No. 25424, 

 was said to have had a red-orange throat when alive. In alcohol the 

 body is purplish drab above, unmarked except for a heart-shaped 

 patch on the occiput and two smaller dark spots covering the supra- 

 orbital region; throat pale yellow; belly light; a white vertical bar 

 edged with black in front of shoulder; a black patch in front of groin, 

 becoming lighter and disappearing before it reaches halfway to the 

 axilla; tail above very faintly vermiculated, becoming lighter toward 

 the tip. The scalation on this specimen is similar to that of U.S.N.M. 

 No. 74013. 



Table 15. — Specimens of Gonatodcs notatus examined 



Museum No. 



U.S.N.Hf. 

 69125 



74013,740H(cT9) 



75899(9)-.. 



M.C.Z. 



6293 



26424 



Univ. Puerto Rico 



Locality 



Port-au-Prince, Haiti . 

 Diquini Cave, Haiti.. 

 Port-au-Princo, Haiti. 



Haiti.. 



Point-a-Raquettcs, Qonave Island. 



Port-au-Prince, Haiti . 



Date 



Apr. 12,1925 

 Mar. 20, 1928 

 Aug. 30,1928 



Aug. 1, 1927 



June 28,1938 



Collector 



O. S. Miller, Jr. 



A. J. Poole. 



J. S. C. Boswell. 



W. J. Eycrdam. 



Jos6 A. Ramos. 



