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agrees in every structural character with them, except in possessing 

 no postnasal, thus closel}" approaching E. cJiinensis. As it comes from 

 Iriomote shima I have but little doubt that it is an abnormal speci- 

 men of E. Jcishinouyei, especially as it has the dorsal scales striated 

 and three pairs of nuchals, while E. chinensis normally has but two. 

 Moreover, it seems to differ somewhat in coloration from true E. chi- 

 nensis, at least as it is described by Boulenger.'* He states that the 

 young is "dark brown above, with three longitudinal light bands on 

 the back, the median broadest and not bifurcating anteriorly; sides 

 with light spots," while in the Yaeyama specimen the spots on the 

 sides have united to form two additional longitudinal bands on each 

 side, thus making seven in all, the median not broader than the others 

 and distinctly bifurcating. 



Remarks. — This form, which assumes gigantic proportions, our speci- 

 men (No. 34080) measuring 159 mm. from snout to vent, is very closely 

 allied to Eumeces chinensis, from which it differs chiefly in the pres- 

 ence of a postnasal, three pairs of nuchals, and possibly in the colora- 

 tion of the young. 



Habitat. — Apparently confined to the southern group of the Riu Kiu 

 chain of islands. I have examined specimens from all the principal 

 islands, namely Miyakoshima, Ishigaki shima, and Iriomote or Nishio- 

 mote shima. 



List of sprcimens of Eumeces kishinoiiyei. 



a P. 212. f> Type: description, p. 210. figs. 18(1-189. 



Genus MABUYA^ Fitzinger. 



182fi. Spondylurus Fitzinger, Neue Class. Rept., p. 23 (typ(\ Seineus sloanei 



Daudin). 

 182G. Mabuya Fitzinger, Neue Class. Rept., p. 23 (type, M. cannata Fitzinger). 

 1830. Euprepis Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph., p. 161 (type, Scincus multifasdatus 



Kuhl). 



a Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 375. 



b A Caribbean name attributed to several lizards. 



