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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



TProc. 4th Ser. 



These specimens were collected, Nos. 45949 and 45950, at 

 San Jose del Cabo, 45951 and 45952 at San Pedro, 45953 at 

 Buena Vista, 45954 at Santiago, 45955 and 45956 at Mira- 

 flores, 45957 at Todos Santos, 45958 at La Paz, and 45959 at 

 Cabo San Lucas. 



62. Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (Cope) 



One specimen was collected by a Mexican boy in the out- 

 skirts of La Paz. It was found late in the afternoon crawling 

 among a pile of rocks. Senor Rubio, a resident of La Paz 

 from whom the specimen was secured, said he had never seen 

 one like it although he had collected around La Paz for many 

 months. 



63. Elaphe rosaliae (Mocquard) 



The second known specimen of this species was collected at 

 San Bartolo, in the arroyo close to the famous spring. It was 

 found stretched at full length on the sand close to a grove of 

 banana trees. At first glance, this snake might be taken for a 

 red racer with absence of the dark markings on the head. The 

 natives, although they have no name for this snake, probably on 

 account of the rarity of the species, distinguish it from the 

 racer because of the slowness of its movements. A Mexican 

 boy, upon being questioned, said that he had seen others like 



