372 8CT.NCID.T. 



indistinct lobules anteriorly ; a single postmentul. 20 scales round 

 the body, subequal, or the median dorsal series slightly enlarged. 

 The limbs, when pressed against the body, overlap ; the length of 

 the hind limb enters twice and one fourth to twice and a half in 

 the length from snout to vent. A median scries of transversely 

 enlarged subcaudals. Young l^lackish above, with five longitudinal 

 yellowish lines, the median bifurcating on the occiput ; tail blue. 

 Adult more uniform, brownish, with a dark, sometimes red^ lateral 

 band ; the head reddish. Lower surfaces yellowish white. 



Eiillim. niillim. 



Total length 206 Fore limb 25 



Head... 18 Hind limb 33 



AVidth of head .... 15 Tail 130 



Body 58 



China. 



a, b. Ad. & yg. Sliangbai. R. Rwinhoe, Esq. [C. 



c-f. Ad., hgr., & yg. Snowy valley, Ningpo. J. II. Leech, Esq. [P. 



g-k. Ad. & hgr. Ningpo. 



l-fn. Hgr. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



n-g. Ad. «fc yg. Pescadore Islands. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



r. Ad. Kiukiang Mountains. Mr. C. Maries [C]. 



s-t. Yg. China. 



7. Enmeces capito. 



Eumeces capito, Bocotirt, Miss. Sc. Me.v., liept. p. 429, pi. xxii. D. 

 fig. 8. 



Snout short, obtuse ; cheeks swollen. Nasal small, followed by 

 a small postnasal, which forms a suture with the first labial ; 

 anterior loreal forming a suture with the frontonasal, which is 

 largely in contact with the froi^tal ; four supraoculars, the two 

 anterior in contact with the frontal ; j)arietals meeting on a smaU 

 point behind the interparietal, followed by two pairs of nuchals ; 

 seventh upper labial the largest ; no projecting auricular lobules ; 

 two azygos postmentals. 24 scales round the body, subequal. The 

 length of the hind limb is contained about twice and two fifths in 

 the distance from snout to vent. A median series of transversely 

 enlarged subcaudals. Greenish grey above, the dorsal scales finely 

 edged with black ; head reddish yellow : a rather narrow black 

 lateral band, edged with lighter; lower surfaces yellowish white, 

 the belly tinged with bluish. 



miUini. niillim. 



From snout to vent . . (59 Fore limb 21 



Head 17 Hind limb 29 



Width of h^ad 13 



Eastern coast of the United States. 



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