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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Locality. 



Puget Sound, Wasbiiigtou 



Do 



Oregon 



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nous than the inner and extending to the end of the tail. The latter is 

 not ringed and has no stripe on the middle line below. 



In the young the middle region of the abdomen is unicolor, and the 

 external series of spots only exists, which, together with the series on 

 the middle of the flanks, are most conspicuous. 



Baird and Girard give the following numbers of scuta and scutella; 

 and total lengths, with that of the tail, in inches: 



Gastrosteges. TJrosteges. Scales. Length. Tail. 



215. 56. 29-31. 39f. 5|. 



209. 72. 29-31. 41|. 7|. 



209. 66. 29. 14i. IJi 



213. ? 29. 13i. li. 



Of seventeen specimens examined, seven have the superior labials 

 8-9; eight have 8-8; and two have 9-9. Four have twenty-nine rows 

 of scales; ten have thirty-one rows; one has thirty-three; and one has 

 thirty-five (Cat. IS^o. 2243). The number of spots on the body is very 

 variable. One has thirty-six dorsal spots (Cat. No. 1546) ; one has 

 forty six (Cat. No. 1532); seven have between fifty and sixty; four have 

 between sixty and seventy; and four have over seventy, the highest 

 being seventy-nine (Cat. No. 1816). The specimen (Cat. No. 5741) on 

 which the P. icilkesii Baird and Girard was founded is abnormal in the 

 nondi vision of the prefrontal scuta; the only example I have observed 

 in the genus. 



The range of this species is coterminous with the Pacific region, 

 extending from San Diego on the south to Puget Sound on the north. 

 It is found in the Mohave Desert, and at Pyrmont, Nevada (Cat. 

 No. 8139). Northward it extends to eastern Oregon and to Walla 

 Walla, Washington. 



Fityoplm eatenifer Blainville. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. ■ 



Locality. 



When 

 collected. 



From whom received. 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



5469 

 1816 

 1810 

 1822 

 2243 

 8582 

 1839 

 12582 

 8594 

 8592 

 8670 

 8590 

 9103 

 8591 

 10731 

 10633 



1550 

 1546 



2287 



5471 



8003 

 8139 

 1804 



1 San Francisco, California . 



1 Monterey, California 



1 Pitt lii ver, Oregon 



1 Wenias Iliver 



1 Petaluina. California 



1 Santa Barbara, California. 



2 San Uiego, California 



1 WiiUa Walla, Washington. 



1 Soutliern California 



1 Santa Barbara, California. 



1 do 



1 Kernville, California 



1 Fort Crook, California ... 

 1 MohaveDeaert.California. 

 1 Monterey, California 



1 Fort Walla Walla, Wash- 



ington. 



2 Near latitude 38° 



1 , SanBernardino.California. 

 1 ' Fort Steilacoom, Washing- 

 ton. 



1 Paget Sound, Washington. 



3 Fort Tt^jon, California 



1 Pj'rraont, NcA'ada , 



1 j Humboldt Bay, California. 



Oct. — , 1874 



Aug. — , 1875 

 July — , 1875 

 July — , 1875 

 Oct. — , 1875 



Julv — , 1875 



'■ — , 1880 



, 1880 



Dr. J. G. Cooper 



Mrs. M. E. Daniel 



H. W. Henshaw 



Dr. J. LeConte 



Capt. C. Bendire 



H. W. Henshaw 



do 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



ILW. Henshaw 



J. Feldner 



Dr. O. Loew 



I'rof. D. S. Jordan 



Capt. Chas. Bendire, U. 

 S.A. 



1872 



Dr. Geo. Suckley 



LT. S. Exploring Expedi- 

 tion. 



J. Xantus 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow 



Lieut. W.P Trowbridge, 

 U.S.A. 



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