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swiftly to holes under stones and boulders when frightened," 

 and of E. skiltoniamis "this lizard seems to be most abundant 

 in damp places, such as are found throughout the redwood 

 forests of the Coast Range. Here it is usually found under 

 decaying logs or behind the loose bark of old stumps." It will 

 be seen from the following description of the habitat of the 

 Nevada specimens that they live in an environment similar to 

 that in which £. gilberti has been found. 



Only seven of these skinks were seen, and the only place 

 where they were found was at the head of the northern canyon 

 of James Creek, on the east side, and near the summit of the 

 most northern of the Carlin Peaks. The slope was covered 

 by a rather profuse growth of grasses and short herbaceous 

 plants, and there were many loose rocks. The skinks were 

 found the rocks (PI. Ill, Fig. i). 



This is apparently the first Nevada record for the species. 

 As this is well in the northeastern part of the state and the U. S. 

 Biological Survey^^ found jt nearly as far east in southern Cal- 

 ifornia, it would seem to be a justifiable conclusion that it will 

 be found throughout most of the state. 



Bascanion taeniatitm (Hallo well). 



Four specimens secured on the flat west of Carlin, and one 

 in the canyon west of Maggie Canyon in the Seetoya Range. 



The specimens need little description. The upper labials 

 are 8; the lower labials 9 or 10; the ventral plates 203, 204, 

 206, 206 in four females, 212 in a male; the subcaudals 122, 

 127, 128 in three females. Two females have a total length 

 of mi mm. and 1217 mm., and a tail length of 339 mm. and 

 358 mm. respectively; two males have a total length of 1333 

 mm. and 1358 mm., with a tail length of 362 mm. and 418 mm. 



^1 Stejneger, L., North American Fauna, No. 7, 201-202. 



