382 sciNciD^. 



26. Eumeces schwartzii. 



Eumeces schwartzei, Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamb. viii. 1884, p. 3, 

 pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Head rather elongate. Nasal small, followed by a postnasal which 

 is in contact with the first labial ; nostril just above the suture be- 

 tween the rostral and the first labial ; anterior loreal forming a 

 suture with the frontonasal, which touches the frontal ; four supra- 

 oculars, the two anterior in contact with the frontal ; interparietal 

 ending in a point, separating the parietals ; two longitudinal series 

 of large transverse nuchals, uniting to form a single series on the 

 body ; sixth and eighth upper labials largest ; ear-opening mode- 

 rately large, with three short lobules anteriorly ; a single post- 

 mental. 21 scales round the middle of the body, the vertebral series 

 composed of large transverse scales which are nearly six times as 

 broad as long ; the two median praeanal scales scarcely enlarged. 

 Limbs just meeting when pressed against the body : hind limb nearly 

 one third the length of head and body. A median series of trans- 

 versely enlarged subcaudals. Back rusty, with numerous black dots ; 

 a broad black baud along the head and nape, and another one on 

 each side to the base of the hind limb : tail above with transverse 

 black spots ; lower surfaces greenish white. 



millim. inillim. 



Total length 206 Fore limb 19 



Head 15 Hind limb 27 



Width of head .... 6 Tail 128 



Body 63 



Island in the Laguna de Terminos, Bay of Campeche. 



27. Eumeces scutatus. 



Plestiodon scutatus, Theob. Cat. llept. As. Soc. Mus. 1868, p. 25. 



(Eumeces) scutatus, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 73. 



Mabouia taeuiolata {jion Blyth), Anders. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, 



p. 184. 

 Eumeces tfeniolatus, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 75 ; 



Theob. Cat. liept. Brit. 1ml p. 65 ; Blanf. 2nd Yark. Miss., Rept. 



p. 10 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. '-^oii. 



Head small ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal moderate, divided, 

 nostril pierced above the centre of the first labial ; three loreals, 

 anterior in contact with the aupranasal and the frontonasal : five 

 supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with the frontal ; parietals 

 entirely separated by the interparietal, which touches the frontal ; 

 four or five pairs of nuchals ; eighth upper labial largest ; ear-opening 

 moderately large, with two or three small obtuse lobules anteriorly ; 

 two azygos postmentals. 21 (or 23) scales round the middle of the 

 body, the vertebral series composed of large transverse scales five 

 times as broad as long ; lateral scales smallest. The length of the 

 hind limb is contained thrice and a half to thrice and three fourths 



