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dark patch may also be observed upon the temporal region. The 

 inferior region being yellowish and unicolor. 



Sometimes the upper region is greenish-olive, with obsolete brown- 

 ish spots, disposed upon two series, on the posterior portion of the 

 back and on the tail ; the limbs being mottled with brown, and the 

 digits transversely barred. Beneath, unicolor and yellowish, or whitish. 



Specimens of middle size may exhibit a golden hue, with a series of 

 black spots from the eye to the shoulder. The head, neck, and ante- 

 rior region of the trunk unicolor, whilst posteriorly the back, sides, and 

 limbs are speckled with black and greenish-olive. 



Still smaller specimens may have a lateral black streak extending 

 from the orbit to the base of the tail, with a lighter line above it, and 

 a series of small black spots above the latter, leaving the middle region 

 of the back unicolor. The lower portion of the sides, the limbs, and 

 tail, speckled with black and greenish-olive. 



Loc. Navigator and Feejee Groups of Islands. " Frequently seen 

 about the trunks, and sometimes on the extreme branches of trees, 

 within a moderate height of the ground. Young very common in 

 the woods." 



3. EMOA NIGRITA, Grd. 



CHAR. SPEC. Corpore robustiori, triginta octo seriebus squamarum am- 

 pliorum longitudinalibus cooperto. Scutis postfrontaUbus non conti- 

 guis ; scuto occipilali mediano distincto. Apertura auditoria modica, 

 subcirculari, simplici. Scutellis praeanalibus qmim reliquis majori- 

 bus. Cauda subcylindrica, mediocris longitudinis. Galore supra 

 fvsco-nigrescente, aequabili ; infra pallidiori. 



SPEC. CHAR. Body stoutish, covered with thirty-eight longitudinal 

 series of well-developed scales. Postfrontal plates not contiguous. 

 Middle occipital distinct. Auricular aperture moderate, subcircular, 

 and simple. Preanal scales larger than the rest. Tail subcylin- 

 drical, of moderate length. Uniform brownish-black above; lighter 

 beneath. 



SYN. Eumece nlgre, HoMBR. & JACQ. Voy. au Pole Sud et dans 1'Oceanie, PI. IV, 

 fig. 2. 

 Emoa niyrita, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. November, 1857. 



