82 THE REPTILES OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 



of my collecting in the Daule region, above Guayaquil, 

 reach five and a half. The dorsal tubercles are less de- 

 veloped, and those on the head and neck are less numerous 

 than those of that species, while the large scales below the 

 tail are not arranged in a regular series. Of ten specimens, 

 five have three submentals in .contact with the mental, as 

 described by Peters ; four of the others have but two sub- 

 mentals in the same position, as stated by Boulenger ; and 

 one individual has four submentals against the mental 

 shield. In most respects the descriptions of coloration 

 given by the mentioned authors accords with that present 

 on these specimens. A striking contrast is presented by 

 one example : its ground color is light and the markings 

 are black ; between the nape and the base of the tail there 

 are eight transverse bands, bifurcating toward the flank ; 

 on the tail there are thirteen of the black bands ; and the 

 black band from the nostril through the eye is met at the 

 ear by that from the nape. Ordinarily the dorsal blotches 

 are brown, separated along the vertebral line, and reduced 

 to two series of spots* 



PHYLLODACTYLUS BAURII sp. n. 



This species is still farther than the preceding from 

 P. tuberculosus. There are but five rows of tubercles on 

 each side and they are smaller and more irregularly placed 

 in the rows. The scales of the back of the head and the 

 neck are granular, as in P. Reissii. The mental is rather 

 short ; it is broad and forms an obtuse angle posteriorly, 

 between two large submentals. The first infralabials are 

 about one-fourth as large as the mental, by which they are 

 widely separated. Forward from a vertical through the 

 pupil there are six labials and five to six infralabials. 



The colors and markings are like those of P. galapa- 

 goensis. The reduction or absence of the tubercles on the 



