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and when the hzard is inside one of these openings is partially 

 filled with sand thrown out from within. 



Twenty-eight specimens were taken near Henry and six at 

 Somerville, Fayette County. 



Strangely enough, Rhoades did not find this species in west- 

 ern Tennessee. 



Leiolopisma laterale (Say). — The single specimen taken near 

 Henry was found under a fence rail lying in an open field at 

 the edge of a woods. Professor Ruthven took four specimens 

 at Reelfoot Lake, 



There is a single example in the National Museum from 

 Maxey (No. 28410). Rhoades calls it "abundant," and records 

 three adults from Raleigh. 



Plestiodon fasciatiis (Linne). — These lizards, locally known 

 as "scorpions," were found commonly on trees and fences in 

 wooded situations. They escape their pursuers by running 

 around or up the tree, not by crossing the ground. An adult 

 female with nine eggs was found, July 12, under the loose 

 bark of a large fallen tree in the woods. The eggs appeared 

 to be in no special cavity, but merely lay in the damp, rotted 

 wood between the bark and the harder wood beneath. On 

 July 15 two adult females and ten eggs (two eggs smaller and 

 of different shape) were found in a hollow in a dead willow 

 tree, about fifteen feet above the ground, buried in the loose, 

 damp, rotted wood. One very small individual was found with 

 the eggs, but escaped. 



Twenty specimens were taken by Professor Ruthven and 

 the writer from near Henry, near Como, Camden. Jackson. 

 Reelfoot Lake, and Lane (Dyer County). 



The following localities are represented by specimens in the 

 National Museum: Maxey (28408-9). Clarksville (449.^2, 



