13. EtTMECES. 369 



of the head, from the frontonasal to the frontoparietal. Adult more 

 uniform, witli the head sometimes reddish. Lower surfaces jTreyisk 

 blue, with the exception of the throat and prajanal border, which 

 are yellowif^h. 



milliin. millim. 



Total length i7;i Fore limb 2:3 



Head 17 Hind limb 35 



Width of head 13 Tail 97 



Body 59 



Bermuda. 



a-<l. Ad., ligr., &. yg. Bermuda. II.M.S. * Challenger.' 



2. Eiimeces guttulatus. 



Laniprosaurus guttulatus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1852, p. 206, 



and in SiUjreave'^ E.vpcd. Ziuii Sj- Color. Rio. p. 103, pi. iv. 

 Plestiodon guttulatus. Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 215. 

 Eumeces guttulatus, Cope, Check-list N. Am. liept. p. 45. 



Head elongate, conical, and pointed ; no postnasal ; anterior 

 loreal in contact with the frontonasal. 32 scales round the body. 

 The length of the hind limb is contained twice and one third in the 

 distance from snout to vent. Black above ; a series of white spots 

 along the upper and lower jaw, also upon the external border of the 

 supraocular plates ; lower surfaces iron-grey. 



From snout to vent 35 millim., tail 30. 



Kansas, New Mexico, Western Texas. 



3. Eumeces quinqnelineatus. 



Plestiodon laticeps, Gray, Cat. p. 90. 



quinquelineatum. Gray, I. c. p. 91. 



Lacerta quinqueliueata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 300. 



fasciata, Linn. I. c. p. 309. 



tristata, Latr. Rept. i. p. 248, fig. 



Scincus laticeps, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 189; Daud. Rept. iv. 

 p. 301. 



quinquelineatus, Schneid. I. c. p. 201 ; Daud. I. c. p. 272, pi. Iv. 



fig. 1 ; Kuhl, Beitr. z. Zool. u. Verql. Anat. p. 128 ; Harl. Journ. Ac. 

 Philad. vi. 1829, p. 10, and Phys. Med. Res. p. 138 ; Holbr. N. 

 Am. Herp. ii. p. 121, pi. xvii. 



tristatus, Daud. I. r. p. 296. 



erythrocephalus, Gilliams, Journ. Ac. Philad. i, 1818, p. 461, 



pi. xviii. fig. 2 ; Harl. Journ. Ac. Philad. vi. p. 11, and Phys. Med. 

 Res. p. 139; Holbr. I. c. p. 101, pi. xxii. 



bicolor, Harl. Journ. Ac. I'hilad. iv. 1824, p. 286, pi. xviii. 



fig. 1, and Phys. Med. Res. p. 139. 



americanus, Harl. Phys. Med. Res. p. 139. 



Tiliqua quiuquelineata. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 69. 



bicolor, Gray, I. c. 



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