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lizard its tail breaks off very readily. Dr. Abbott tells me he 
secured an example at Lake Hopatcong. When kept in captivity 
it did not become tame, was savage, and would always snap if 
disturbed. ‘This example was of a nearly uniform mahogany- 
color, and about 8 inches long. He found that it would feed 
largely on the house-fly. About Dennisville, in Cape May 
County, this little lizard was reported to be abundant at times 
during the summer months. It would frequently be seen running 
over piles of old bark about the old saw-mills, and was said to 
be very active. Sometimes they would run over the screens 
of houses. Most all had bright blue tails. In this region, or 
south, Dr. J. P. Moore says he has met with it. 
Eumeces fasciatus Abbott, Pop. Sci. Month., XXXIV, 188o, 
p. 170, fig. —.—J. Nelson, Geol. Surv. N. J., IL, Zool., 1890, 
p. 642.—E. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. Y., 1898-99, No. 11, p. 
18.—Stone, Am. Nat., XL, 1906, p. 168. 
Scincus quinguelineatus Harlan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
‘VI, pt. 1, 1829, p. 10 (ref. infers).—Harlan, Med. Phys. Res., . 
1635, Pp. 138. 
Plistodon striatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 801. 
Genus LkEroLopisMA Duméril and Bibron. 
The Black, Banded Lizards. 
Leiolopisma laterale (Say). 
PLATE 5I. 
Black Banded Lizard. 
Body long’ and slender, somewhat quadrangular. Head and 
trunk 124 in tail. Head rather depressed. Snout depressed, tip 
bluntly rounded, and mandible similar. Eye lateral, elongate, 
and about midway in length of head. Lower eyelid with a trans- 
parent disk. Eyelids movable. Teeth minute. Interorbital space 
equal to gape of mouth. Ears smaller than eye, vertical. Tongue 
flattened and rather large. Scales very thin, membranous, about 
30 rows around body. Frontal plate in contact in front with 
