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with anterior three supraoculars, the suture with third supraocular 

 very small; four supraoculars, second largest; fronto-parietals some- 

 what smaller than interparietal, about the same size as prefrontals; 

 interparietal obtusely pointed behind, separating the parietals, which 

 are comparatively small, much shorter than frontal; three 2:>airs of 

 nuchals; seven supralabials, fifth under the eye, seventh very large, 

 but low behind ; two temporals in first row, lower many times larger 

 than upper; two temporals in second row, the upper rather narrow, 



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Figs. 186-189.— Eumeces kishtnouyei. l.\ X nat. size. 18r>, top of head; 187, side of head; 188 



UNDERSIDE OF HEAD (2 X NAT. SIZE); 189, UNDERSIDE OF FOOT. No. 22, Stl. COLL. TOKYO. 



with slightly diverging upper and lower edges, the lower much larger, 

 wedge-shaped, with the apex forward; a single, rather long scale 

 between seventh supralabial and ear-opening, which is bordered ante- 

 riorly by three small lobules; mental small, followed by two unpaired 

 postmentals, the anterior very narrow, band-like, the posterior pen- 

 tagonal; 24 'scales round the middle of the body, nearly subequal, 

 each dorsal scale with about four distinct strife; a pair of large 

 preanal plates; length of liind leg contained about two and two- 



