13. EUMKCES. 377 



the axilla, and another from the end of the snout over the eye to the 



corrospoudinn' point on the side. 



Total length 17'J lulUim., from snout to vent 59, head 12. 

 Texas. 



17. Eumeces pachyurus. 



Euiueces pachyurus, Cope, Ball. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 17, 1880, 

 pp. 19, 39. 



No postnasal ; anterior loreal reaching the frontonasal ; a single 

 postmeutal. Scales in 26 longitudinal rows. Limbs widely sepa- 

 rated when adpressod ; the hind limb a little more than one fourth 

 the lengtli of head and body. Tail large and stout. Above light 

 brown ; below pale greenish ; anteriorly straw-coloured ; a light 

 narrow band from the supraciliary border, continued along the 

 body and tail, black-bordered above ; below it a deep brown or 

 blacli baud, which is bounded below by another light line ; this is 

 in turn l)ordered by a narrow brown line below, which does not 

 extend like the other bands on the tail 



niillim. millim. 



Head and body 78 Fore limb 15 



Head 13 Hind limb 19 



Texas. 



18. Eumeces humilis. 



Eumeces bocourtii (jioti BroccJti), Buuleng. Ann. &; Mofj. N. H. (5) 

 xi. 188-j, p. 342 ; Gilnih. Biol. C.-Am., Rept. p. '62, pi. xxii. 

 tig. c. 



Head small ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal small, followed by a 

 minute postnasal ; anterior loreal in contact with the second labial 

 and the frontonasal ; four supraoculars ; parietals entirely separated 

 by the interparietal ; two pairs of nuchals ; sixth and seventh upper 

 labials nearly equal in size ; ear-opening much smaller than a dorsal 

 scale ; no distinct auricular lobules ; a single postmental. 26 scales 

 round the middle of the body, subequal. The length of the hind 

 limb is contained twice and three fourths to thrice and one third in 

 the length from snout to vent ; the limbs meet, or fail to meet, when 

 l)ressed against the body. No enlarged subcaudal scales. Bronze- 

 coloured above, with an ill-defined brown lateral band, which, on 

 the head and neck, is bordered above by a rather indistinct yellowish 

 line ; lips, throat, and breast yellowish white, belly greenish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 131 Fore limb 17 



Head 12 Hind limb 22 



Width of head .... lU Tail (reproduced) . . 58 



Body 61 



Western Mexico. 

 a~h. Ad. Presidio. Mr. Ferrer [C.]. (Types.) 



