1038 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



of the gastrosteges, scarcely defining the lateral stripe below. Belly 



unspotted. 



In the type, Cnt. ^N'o. 10849, tliehend is short, wide. Temporals 1-2-3 



and 1-3-3. Gastrosteges, 

 one hundred and sev- 

 enty-two; anal, one; uro- 

 steges, seventy seven. 

 Geneials equal, short. 

 Tail entering total length 

 tour and one-tenth times. 

 This is a much more 

 robust form than the i>\ e. 

 elegans, and brown takes 

 the place of black in the 

 coloration. In the in- 

 definite dorsal stripe it 

 resembles the U. e. lineo- 



lata, but it does not show the least trace of the square spots, even 



when the epidermis is removed. 



Eutwnia vlef/ans bruniiea Cope. 



Fig. 285. 



EUT^NIA ELEGANS BRL'NNEA CoPE. 



= 1. 



Fort Bidvvell, California. 



Cat. No. 1IW41I, r.S.N.M. 



EUT.ffiNIA ELEGANS LINEOLATA Cope. 



Eutwnia elenans Jineolala Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, XV, 1892, p. 655. 

 Color above, brown to the third row of scales, exclusive; below, light 

 olive, unspotted. A longitudinal dorsal stri]3e and a lateral stripe on the 

 second and third rows of scales, 

 light yellow ; first row of scales 

 light brown. Integument be 

 tweeu the stripes marked with 

 two rows of blackish square 

 spots, which are, however, 

 nearly invisible when the skin 

 is not stretched, but are indi- 

 cated by short whitish borders 

 of the scales, which occupy thin 

 interspaces. These si^ots are 

 rarely distinguishable posteri- 

 orly, but become smaller and 

 closer together, and then disappear. They are more distinct in the 

 young, as in other forms, and when countable behind, range from seventy- 

 five to ninety in number. The brown of the sides extends to the head 

 without forming nuchal spots, and passes from dark to lighter brown 



Fiji. 2St>. 



KUT.ENIA ELEGANS LINKI )LATA Col'K. 



= 1. 



East California. 



Cat. No. 3565, L''.S.N.:M. 



