676 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



I have seen no example with the tail as long as the latter specimen, 

 but a proportion of four-elevenths is met with alike in dark colored and 

 pale individuals. The difference is not important. The length of the 

 anal scales varies within the limits mentioned by Dr. Fischer. In some 

 specimens these scales are a little longer than those in front of them, 

 and in one pale example (Cat. No. 12555) they are twice as long. 



Dr. Boulenger describes^ a specimen said to come from El Paso, 

 Texas, as the type of a distinct species which he calls A. texana. The 

 characters which he gives are mainly those of the A. pulchra, but there 

 are a few differences. Thus the nasal plate has a suture extending 

 posteriorly from the nostril to the border, and the interparietal and 

 occipital plates are divided by a longitudinal suture. The head is said 

 to be less depressed and the snout more rounded than in the A.2)ulchra. 

 The presence of the sutures above mentioned may be anomalous, 

 but if the form of the head be essentially different from that of the 

 A. pulchra they might be constant. I have never observed them in any 

 specimen of the A. pulchra. Without figures it is ditficult to estimate 

 the significance to be ascribed to the form of the muzzle. The locality 

 will require verification, as it is out of the range of most of the Cali- 

 fornian forms. We will await further information before forming an 

 opinion as to the value of this form. 



This pretty species considerably resembles the "blind worm" of 

 Europe in form and appearance, but has no affinity with it, represent- 

 ing a different saurian phylum. Of its habits nothing is known. Its 

 habitat is restricted to the Pacific district from San Francisco south- 

 ward, including San Diego. 



Anniella pulchra Gray. 



Catalogne 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



Kature of 

 specimen. 



3185 

 3187 

 3188 

 3190 



3186 

 3188 

 3189 

 4090 

 11575 

 11874 

 9741 

 12555 

 138:i8 

 13890 



i:j9:iy 



13959 

 14712 

 1G022 



San Diego, California 



Monterey, California 



Sau Diego, Califoruia 



Coast mountains near San 

 Diego. 



San Diego, California 



San Francisco, Califoruia 



do 



Monterey, California 



do , 



San Diego, California 



Kern County, California . . 



Fresno, California 



San Diego, California 



do 



do 



do 



San Bernardino, California 



May —,1878 



Dr. LeConte 



A.S.Taylor.... 

 Dr. Hammond . . 

 General Emory. 



Mr. Ca.ssidy 



K.D.Cutt.s 



...do 



A. S. Taylor 



Lieut. Mullen, U. S. A 



Prof D. S. Jordan 



J. R. Shepherd 



(?) 



C.R.0rcut 



do 



R. E. C. Stearns 



do 



F. Stephens 



Alcoholic, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Cat. Liz. Brit. Mas,, 2d ed., II, 1885, p. 300. 



