376 sciiTCiniBi. 



Snout short, obtuse. Nasal small ; no postnasal ; anterior loreal 

 in contact with the first lalnal and with the frontonasal ; posterior 

 border of the interparietal in contact with the nuchals, of which 

 there are one or two pairs ; ear-opening with three or four obtuse 

 lobules anteriorly ; two azygos postmc-ntals. 28 scales round the 

 body, subequal. The Icng^th of the hind limb is contained about 

 thrice and a half in the distance from snout to vent. 8ubcaudal 

 scales not enlarj^ed. Ohve above, with two yellowish lines on each 

 Bide, separated by a darker band ; throat and lips yellowish wliite, 

 belly greyish. 



raillim. millim. 



Total length 156 Fore limb 13 



Head 11 Hind limb 19 



Width of head .... 8 Tail 90 



Body 55 



Texas, Northern Mexico. 



14. Eumeces pluvialis. 

 Eumeces pluvialis, Cope, Bull. V, *S. Nat. Mus. no. 17, 1880, p. 19. 



No postnasal ; anterior loreal reaching the frontonasal ; five 

 supraoculars ; a single postmental. Scales in 20) longitudinal rows. 

 The limbs overlap when pressed against the body. Elaokish olive 

 above, malachite-green below ; two narrow green lateral bands 

 separated from each other by a black band ; sometimes a faint 

 trace of a pale vertebral line with dark borders. 



Mobile, Alabama. 



15. Eumeces anthracinus. 



Plestiodon anthracinus, Baird, Joitrn. Ac. BhiJad. (2) i. 1850, p. 294. 

 Eumeces anthracinus, Cope, C/ieck-list iV. Am. Bejd. p. 4-j. 



No postnasal : anterior loreal reaching the frontonasal ; five 

 supraoculars. 24 scales round the body. Upper parts dai'k bronze, 

 with four narrow longitudinal yellow lines on the body, and on each 

 side a broad band of anthracite-black ; head red in the adult : lower 

 surfaces yellowish white. 



Total length 140 millim., tail 83. 



Pennsylvania to Texas. 



16. Eumeces brevilineatus. 



Eumeces brevilineatus, Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mas. no. 17, 1880, p. 18. 



No postnasal ; anterior loreal reaching frontonasal ; a single 

 postmental. Scales in 26 longitudinal rows. Hind limb twice and 

 a half in the length from snout to vent, meeting the fore limb when 

 botli arc adpressed. Colour plumbeous above, light olive below ; a 

 light band extends along the upper lip to a short distance behind 



