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There is sometimes, but very rarely, a third spot on the sides behind 

 the others; as also a trace of a light yellowish line on the flanks, 

 extending between the legs. 



The hind feet are short, being barely more than one-third tlie dis- 

 tance from snout to arm, the free portion of longest toe not reaching 

 from snout to end of large occipital. 



Specimens from western Texas are larger and much sprinkled, some- 

 times all over, with small rounded white spots, the dark blotches even 

 being at times entirely wanting. The ground color in these, as from all 

 localities, varies from dark to light ashy, with sometimes even a tinge 

 of reddish brown. Some of these more Southern and Western speci- 

 mens (Oat. jSTos. 2813, 2771, etc.) seem to have the upper labial and radial 

 plates projecting more horizontally all round, so as to form a kind of rim 

 or shelf. In fact, it is quite possible that Cat. No. 2813 may belong to a 

 species different from any here described. Compared with types from 

 the Platte, the plates of the head above are larger, those on the anterior 

 portion of the supraorbital space being nearly equal to those between 

 the orbits, instead of conspicuously smaller. The head is narrower, 

 more pointed, and less convex; the scales on the cheek and inside of 

 the thighs larger and more equal ; the legs and tail longer. If not 

 distinct, this may at any rate be considered as a variety. 



I did not observe this species in the parts of Texas I examined, but 

 a variety of it with a longer tail than the usual form was obtained from 

 Mr. Boll, who probably took it near Dallas. Its characters are: Tail 

 slender, cylindric, a little longer than body; hind foot less than one- 

 third head and body. Eight or ten supraorbital scuta; scales of muzzle 

 tubercular; labials very narrow, five; femoral pores thirteen. A pair 

 of blue spots on the side; none under the tail. West of Dallas, Messrs. 

 Boll and Isaac obtained this species from Weatherford to Fort Concho, 

 and Mr. Isaac sent it from the Wichita country. Professor Baird 

 records it as found between San Antonio and El Paso. 



Holbrookia maeulata viaculata. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



2771 



8479 

 4853 

 4954 

 8460 

 8477 



8521 

 8523 

 8522 

 8478 



848U 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. 



Locality. 



San Antonio, Texas 



Santa Fe, New Mexico. . 



Pecos River, Texas 



do 



Abiquin, New Mexico .. 



San Ildefonso, New Mex- 

 ico. 



Santa Fe, New Mexico. . 



New Mexico 



do 



Plaza del Alcalde, New 

 Mexico. 



Camp Crittenden, Ari- 

 zona. 



Cave Spring, Arizona. . . 



Arizona 



Cienegia, Arizona 



Fort Buchanan, Arizona 



Arizona 



When 

 collected. 



June — , 1874 



Sept. — , 1874 

 Aug. — , 1874 



June — , 1874 

 Oct. — , 1874 

 Oct. — , 1874 

 Aug.—, 1874 



Aug.—, 1874 



July — , 1874 



— , 1871 



Aug. 23, 1874 



-, 1871 



From whom received. F^*"F« f ^^ec 

 imen. 



Col. J. D. Graham, TJ. 

 S. A. 



H. W. Henshaw 



J.K.Townsend 



Captain Page 



G. Thompson 



Dr.H.C. Yarrow 



H. W. Henshaw 



Dr. O. lyoe w 



G. Thompson 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



J.H.Rutter 



H. W. Henshaw 



F. Bi.schoff 



J. H. Kutter 



J. Xantus 



Exp.W.lOOM 



Alcoholic 



type. 

 Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do- 

 do, 

 do. 

 do. 



