13. E17MECE8. 379 



sixth and seventh n])per hibials subcqua] ; ear-opcninp; smaller than 

 a dorsal scale, without auricular lobules; a single postniental. 24 

 scales round the body, eijual. The length of the liiud limb is 

 contained thrice and a half in the length from snout to vent ; the 

 limbs are widely separated when pressed against the body. Median 

 subcaudals slightly enlarged. Dark brown above, with three light 

 longitudinal lines, very distinct on the head and nape, indistinct 

 on the body ; throat and breast yellowish white, belly bluish grey. 



inillim. 



Fore limb 10 



Hind limb 14 



T. Bell, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



22. Eumeces brevirostris. 



Mabouia brevirostris, Giintk. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 316. 



Eumeces brevirostris, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mix., Hept. p. 489, 



pi. xxii. A. tig. 7 and pi. xxii. E. fig. 1 ; Gimth.Biol. C.-Am., Rept. 



p. 32, pi. xxii. fig. B. 

 (Plestiodon) dugesii, Thomin. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1883, p. 138; 



Dmfes, La Naturaleza, vi. 1884, p. 361, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



Head small ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal small ; no postnasal ; 

 anterior loreal in contact with the first labial and the frontonasal : 

 four supraoculars, the two or three anterior in contact with the 

 frontal ; two pairs of nuchals ; seventh upper labial largest ; ear- 

 opening smaller than a dorsal scale, with one or two indistinct 

 lobules : a single postmeiital. 22 or 24 scales round the middle of 

 the bod\- ; the scales of the two median longitudinal dorsal series a 

 little broader than the others; lateral scales considerably smaller. 

 The length of the hind limb is contained thrice to thrice and one 

 third in the length from snout to vent ; the limbs do not meet when 

 pressed against the body. A series of transversely enlarged sub- 

 caudals. Dark olive-brown above, with a black lateral band, which 

 is edged above with a yellowish streak ; this light streak well 

 marked on the head and nape, becoming less distinct on the body ; 

 throat and lips yellowish, belly greyish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 161 Fore limb 15 



Head 12 Hind limb 21 



Width of head 9 Tail 95 



Body 54 



Mexico. 



a. Ad. Oaxaca. M. Sall^ [C.]. (Type.) 



h-c. Ad. Ciudad. Mr. Forrer [C]. 



