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at one end. Color of .young in life: Above, sprinkled with j-ellowish 

 black and ])rown points, and regularly marked with white dots; on 

 the head and bod}^ the white dots are grouped at regular intervals, 

 forming longitudinal rows — one row in middle of back, one row on 

 each side of that, and one on each side of body; on snout these rows 

 become less regular. On the tail the three dorsal rows are united, 

 forming bars, which are still evident in the preserved specimen. The 

 lateral spots are continued on sides of tail, occurring about twice as 

 often as the bars. Spots on the legs are 3'ellowish and produce an 

 irregular pattern. Below, very pale greenish yellow, colored by 

 internal organs; a red median streak in thoracic region; darker and 

 brownish over the intestines; underside of tail salmon pink, darker 

 toward the tip. 



A young one just hatched measures as follows: 



Inches. 



Total length 2. 14 



Vent to tip of tail 1.10 



Snout to ear 30 



Fore limb 34 



Hind limb 45 



The .young gecko is exceedingly active and able to spring for some 

 distance. One wdiich I put in a water glass clung to the side, either 

 head or tail up, and even moved backward up the side of the glass. I 

 noticed that the long, slender tongue was often thrust out and around 

 to angle of the mouth, the tip extending over the eye, no doubt to 

 moisten the eyel)all. 



PEROPUS MUTILATUS (Wiegmann). 



Pcropiis ruiitilalus ^TK.)yn\ER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., XXI, 1899, p. 796. 

 One specimen (Cat. No. 3127<> U.S.N.M.) w^as taken near Lahaina 

 under stones; same locality as the specimen of Ilemtdactylus. Decem- 

 ber 27 a small specimen was taken in lao Valley at about 1,000 feet 

 elevation (Cat. No. 31270 U.S.N.M.). 



EMOIA CYANURA (Lesson). 



Emoki ri/amira Ste.jneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 807. 

 This lizard is contined to the woods of the higher hills, mv speci- 

 mens being taken at about 1,000 feet elevation in lao Valley. Two 

 specimes had their mouths packed with small insects and larvae. One 

 has a curious malformation of the tail; a minute sprout growing from 

 one side midway between vent and tip of tail. There is little variation 

 among the head shields of ni}' twelve specimens. In one (Cat. No. 

 31257 U.S.N.M.) the frontal and prefrontals are united to form a 

 single shield. In another (Cat. No. 31256 U.S.N.M.) the frontal and 

 right prefrontal are luiited with but an indication of the suture. 



