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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



II. Snout shorter; anterior supralabials broad, prominent; muzzle plates larger. 

 Dorsal spots distinct, back not yellow speckled; lateral spots posterior and 



inferi(tr H. m. approximana. 



Dorsal spots obscure or wanting, back yellow speckled U. m. fJarilenta, 



These subspecies have definite geographical ranges. The H. m. 

 ?rtcera/rt belongs to central Texas; the H. m. mac u lata to the central 

 district generally and northern Texas. H. m. apjn'ojcimans is the Sono- 

 ran representative; while H. m. flavilenta is found in western New 

 Mexico and Arizona, excepting the desert region of the extreme south, 

 according to Stejneger.' 



HOLBROOKIA MACULATA LACERATA Cope. 



Holbrookia maculata laceraia Stejneger, N. Am. Fauna, No. 3, 1890, p. 109. 

 Holhroolcia laceraia Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, p. 15.— Boulenger, 

 Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2d ed., II., 1885, p. 209. 



Fig. 32. 

 Holbrookia maculata lacekata Cope. 



Cat. No. KJ6'il, r.S.N.M. 



Tail cylindric, slender, a little longer than body; hind foot short, less 

 than one-third of head and body; six or eight supraorbital scuta sur- 



' North American Fauna, No. 3, 1890, p. 109. 



