1922] Schmidt, Amphibians and Reptiles of Lower California 681 



and San Ignacio recorded by Mocquard may be placed with this form on 

 geographical grounds. His description indicates that they do not have 

 the sericea pattern, and are therefore like our specimen from Mulege. 

 My conception of V. h. schmidti therefore allows for the appearance of a 

 minority of specimens colored like the form from which I believe it to be 

 directly derived or in process of derivation. 



Two localities represented by specimens in the Biological Survey 

 collection from San Esteban (U. S. N. M. No. 37695) and San Francis- 

 quit o (37697) are very satisfactory links between the records from the 

 northern part of the peninsula and those from Mulege and San Marcos 

 Island. In these two specimens the mid-dorsal pair of light lines is juxta- 

 posed but not entirely confluent on the posterior two-thirds of the back. 



Verticaria espiritensis Van Denburgh and Slevin 



Verticaria espirite?isis Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921c, p. 397. 

 Range. — Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California. 



Verticaria franciscensis Van Denburgh and Slevin 



V erticaria franciscensis Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921c, p. 397. 

 Range. — San Francisco Island, Gulf of California. 



Verticaria sericea Van Denburgh 



Verticaria sericea Van Denburgh, 1895, p. 132, PI. xn ; Stejneger and Barbour, 

 1917, p. 65. 

 Range. — Confined to San Jose Island, Gulf of California. 



A single specimen of this handsome and distinct species was taken 

 by the Albatross Expedition on San Jose Island (U. S. N. M. No. 64480). 

 It agrees excellently with the description of the type, the small scales 

 of the border of the collar being quite unlike those of any form of V. 

 hyperythra. 



Verticaria cserulea Dickerson 



Verticaria cserulea Dickerson, 1919, p. 472. ' 



Range. — Confined to Carmen Island, Gulf of California. 



Five specimens forming the typical series of this species were col- 

 lected by the Albatross Expedition on Carmen Island. They are directly 

 related to V. sericea Van Denburgh from which they are slightly distin- 

 guishable in measurements. In the specimen of V. sericea at hand, the 

 length of the hind leg forms .75 of the body length (.81 in the type). In 

 the five cseruleas, the proportion ranges from .64 to .73, average .70. 



'Type: D. S. N. M. No. 64251. 



