19. VERTICARIA 565 



Base of fifth to end of 



fourth toe 19 20 18J4 20 20 20 



Distribution. This Verticaria occurs on San Marcos 

 and Coronado Islands, in the Gulf of California, and in the 

 central portion of the peninsula of Lower California, 

 Mexico, whence I have examined specimens from San Evar- 

 isto, Agua Verde Bay, Puerto Escondido, San Nicolas Bay, 

 Concepcion Bay, Mulege, San Francisquito Bay, Las Animas 

 Bay and Angeles Bay. Meek recorded, under the name 

 Verticaria sericea, specimens with one dorsal line taken at 

 San Salado, Rosarito, Aguas Escondito, and San Antonio, 

 some of which, at least those from San Antonio, should be 

 referred to this subspecies, while others probably are best 

 regarded as V. h. beldingi. 



Remarks. V. h. schmidti agrees with V. h. hyperythra 

 and V. h. beldingi in having (normally) four supraoculars, 

 scales of collar largest at its edge, and lower surfaces often 

 suffused with orange-chrome. It differs from both in hav- 

 ing a single dorsal line with a short anterior fork as the 

 normal pattern. V. h. hyperythra has three or two dorsal 

 lines j V. h. beldingi, normally two, rarely three or one. 

 When V. h. beldingi has a single line, this is forked much 

 farther back than is usual in V. h. schmidti. A very few 

 specimens of each, however, have the fork at about one- 

 third the total length of the line. It is for this reason that 



