662 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



1 .1 o hnrrlpr above and below grayish black. 

 each Bide; their interval and a borde. atov^^ ^.^^^^^ 



Upper lateral stripe generally »" t^« "™ ' , , „„ (,,e ad.jaceut 

 of'L third row of scales from '"^ 'hejo ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ 



edges of the -th ,a-^.-™the ,S of the third row of seales on 

 ear along the upper f jf; /^^ '' ,^^1,^ occasionally is on the edge 

 the back interior to tlie white ^t' ?« "" ^^„^,^, ,„^^ perfectly uni- 

 of the third and fourth) is btak, ^^^S™^";/"^ ^^diau line. Under 

 '■"Tsrht1:entrp:^r;eler trh^Id; the tan bluish black. 



The live type specimens of tins ^P^"'^' " , , ^^^^ ^ ^bich is 

 i„ coloration ^-^^^^:^:^ ries^roccaslonally near 

 rrr :arrh"e:L";it omy involves the vei. extreme edge 



Fig. 135. 



EUMECES ANTHHACINUS BaIRD. 

 a 



4* 



Pennsylvania. 



Cat. No. 3U;8, 1--S.N.M. 



of the ne.t row. It is very seldom on the f-*JJ;„™.;' X 

 border seldom involves the outer edge of '^^/^"^'e.half times 

 digitating with it. The two upper sripes »'« »"« ~J, ...^ .ome- 

 wider apart than either is from its f "°^,':'''";;.,^^; ^r.tipe; some- 

 times dusky below, where traversed by*^«.'»''i;f„';!er stripe runs 

 times uniform white; always dusky above. The uppe 

 along the edge of the head above to near the "»'*'"'• ^ ^^j^j^. 



Very young specimens are lustrous "^k on tl,e de an 



surface of hind legs; the belly, S'-^^'-'f' ^ f ' f''? u.Mer greenish, 

 With age the sides become more gray, the uudei parts ii»me g 

 but there is no great ditl'erence. i,„„^ nintesandpro- 



This species differs from E. ^mmudmeam in the ''^f P'^^^^u d„^»l 

 portions! as also in the absence of the slightest trace of a -ed'au do 

 fight stripe or any bands between the two upper l'''^™' ™'^';^^'^„„35 



tLu.„usl more like it in -»""^«- ^"^.^^ 2^1 " SIheligUt 

 the chin, etc., as in qmnquehneatus. E. anthracinus ^'^ ^^^ 



lines narrower, the two upper much farther apart and separated 

 back by four rows of plain olive scales instead ot two. 



