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BITLLETTlSr H.S, UNITED STATER ISTATTONAE MUSEUM. 



States of North America than E. latiscutatus , but aside from the sino;le 

 unpaired postmental common to both the Japanese species, the shape 

 of the rostral as well as the position of the nostril in the nasal in the 

 latter are characters in themselves sufficient to distinguish them from 

 their North American relative, not to speak of the difference in the 

 temporal scales as mentioned above. 



The segregation of the present form from that of the main island 

 is no more remarkable than that of the very distinct thrush, Turdus 

 celsenojJS, of the same island, from T. clirysolaus of the mainland, 

 as well as Acanthopneuste ijimse from A. coronata, and Parus owstoni 

 from P. iKirius. 



Doctor Ijima informs me that he has five more specimens of the 

 same form "all of the same or similar coloration." 



Habitat. — This form probably occurs on all the islands of the Seven 

 Islands Archipelago of Idzu, but I have only seen specimens from 

 Miyakeshima and Niishima. 



Lhl of specimrns of Eumecrs okadse. 



a Type; description, p. 200. 



b Sci. Coll. No. 46, fig. 181. 



c Sci. Coll. No. 47. 



EUMECES ELEGANSo Boulenger. 



1863. Mabouia chinensis Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), XII, p. 225 (Tamsui, 

 Formosa) (not of Gray 1838).— Guenther, Rept., Brit. India, 1864, p. 83 

 (part), pi. X, fig. JP(Ningpo). — Boettger, Offenbach. Ver. Natiirk. 24-25 

 Ber., 1885, p. 144. 



1879. Euvieces pulchra BocouRT, Miss. Sri. Mexique, Zool., Rept., livr. 6, p. 423 

 (not of Dnmeril and Bibron). 



1887. Euvieces elegans Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 371 (type-locality, 

 Ningpo, China; type in Brit. Mus.; Formosa, Shanghai, Kiukiang, Pesca- 

 dores. — Boettger, Ber. Senckenberg. Naturf. Gcs., 1894, p. 146, Chapu, 

 near Ningpo). — Stejneger, Journ. Sci. Coll. Tokyo, XII, Pt. 3, 1898, p. 

 220 (Taipa, Formosa; Pescadores). — Lygosoma elegans Guenther, Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), I, 1888, p. 169 (Mts. north of Kiukiang, China). 



O' Signifying elegant. 



