ON THK STATl'S (IF CllKl.dNIA I'Kl'UKSSA KKY. 



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liiive 1 seen it (li\ idt'd in In t 1ii'(M\ ( )iu', soiiicl iiiu's t wo toiiiporal 

 sliields ill cpiitact with tlie parietal. Below tlie su|>ra<)CiilHr 

 tliiee scales (po.stocMilars) bordei- the oihit posteciorly, the 

 lower, sitnateil in such a position as to 1)6 designated a sub- 

 ocular, is ver^' pointed anteriorly. Postei'ior to these are 

 seven to nine small shields while in ('. hnjiltiti there are twelve 

 to foui'teen, or even more. In very youn<^ examples all the 

 scales have areolse, but in the oldest specimen they are quite 

 smooth. The areola covei's the whole scale in newly hatched 

 examples, becoming' situated within the border in older specimens 

 owing to the peripheral growth of the scute. 



Fig. 39.~C/ieloiiia cfefiressa, Garm. a. and b, dorsal and lateral view 



of head of specimen No. 1. c and d, same of specimen No. 4 



(enlarged). 



