448 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



ANOTA MACCALLII Hallowell. 



Jnoia m'caUii Hallowkll, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., li^52, j). 182; Sitgr. Exped. 



Zufii and Color. River, 1853, p. 127, pi. x. — Bocouut, Miss. Sc. Mex., Kept., 



1874, p. 230. 

 JMiosanrus mc'calli Girakd, U. S. Expl. Exp. (Cli. Wilkes), Herp., 1858, p. 408; 



U. S. Mex. Bound. Siirv. Rept., 1859, p. 9, pi. xxviii, figs. 4-G. 

 Phrynosoma maccaUii Cope, Proc. Acad. Nut. Sci. Phila., 1866, p. 310. — Boulen- 



CEi;, .Cat. Liz. Brit. Miis., 2d ed., II, 1885, p. 247, 



Of this rare species, since the discovery of tbe type, the U. S. National 

 Museum has received a male, a female, and a young one from the Colo- 

 rado Desert of southeastern California. It is a very distinct species, 

 and is so far known from a limited range only. 



There are two lateral series of spiniform scales, of which the inferior 

 is shorter at both extremities than the superior, the latter extendiug 

 about three-quarters the length from the axilla to the groin. The 



