594 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



tcr. Four supraorbital plates, the posterior small. Frontoparietals 

 larger than parietals, with transverse anterior border, Interi^arietal 

 longer than wide, Loreal as high as or higher than long in consequence 

 of the rather short, elevated muzzle. Superior laterals five to below 

 orbit, the last acuminate posteriorly. Larger gular scales beginning 

 rather abruptly in a line which extends entirely across the throat. 

 Brachial scales in five or six longitudinal rows, very rarely in seven; 



Fig. 116. 



Cnemidophobus sexlineatcs Linn^us. 



= 1. 



Virginia. 



Cat. No. 4878, U.S.N.M. 



antebrachials in three rows. Large postantebrachials absent. Femo- 

 rals in six rows, less frequently in seven ; tibials in three rows. Femoral 

 pores varying in number from 15 to 17. Principal anal scuta three — two 

 marginal, the thiid anterior. The longest toe of the extended hind leg 

 reaches to the anterior border of the meatus auditorius. 



The head is rather short, compressed at the sides, and rounded at the 

 snout in profile. The front plate is large and pentagonal, broad before 

 and narrower behind. On each side there are two large, irregular 



