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was obtained in large numbers at Colima by Xautus, and was sent 

 later from Guadalajara by Major. Its range in latitude does not 

 appear to be extensive, as Glintber does not report it from Guerrero, 

 nor Boulenger from Jalisco. Duges gives Miclioacan as a habitat. 



Scelojiornsj'i/rrhoccphalun Cope. 



SCELOPORUS ORNATUS Baird. 



SceloporiiH ornatus Baikd, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 254. — Cd'E, Proc. 

 Anicr. Phil. Soc, XXII, 1885, p. 396.— Boulkngkk, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.,II, 

 1885, p. 224. 



Fig. 48. 



SCELOPOEUS ORNATUS BaIRD. 



X 3. 



Coahuila. 



Cat, No. 2S4.'>, U.S.N.M. 



Supraorbitals as in S. torquatns poinsettii, except that the inner cres- 

 cent of large plates embraces that exterior to it in its convexity. Only 

 one median cephalic plate, but a second probably suppressed. The por- 

 -tiou of hind toe about five-sevenths the cephalic plates. Scales small; 

 dorsal scales narrow ; the outlines rounded, though rhomboidal; dis- 

 tinctly carinated, but without free spine or lateral denticulations; 

 lower scales scarcely emarginated. Dorsal scales equal to those on the 

 rump, which are abruptly much smaller than those on the tail; not 



