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Verticaria espiritensis, new species 



Diagnosis. — A single middorsal line, forked on the neck for a 

 distance of two to fourteen millimeters, not forked posteriorly. 

 Supraoculars normally three. Scales on collar largest at its edge. 

 Second supraocular usually in contact with frontal. No red on 

 back or sides of body. Often orange below. 



7^, —California Academy of Sciences No. 50511; collected 

 by Joseph R. Slevin on Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, 

 Mexico, June 1, 1921. 



Verticaria hyperythra schmidti, new subspecies 



Diagnosis. — A single middorsal line, forked anteriorly for a 

 distance of one to fifteen millimeters, not forked posteriorly. 

 Supraoculars normally four. Scales of collar largest at its edge. 

 Second supraocular usually without granules between it and 

 frontal plate. No red on sides or back of body. Usually more 

 or less orange below. 



7/^.— California Academy of Sciences No. 50512; collected 

 by Joseph R. Slevin on San Marcos Island, Gulf of California, 

 Mexico, May 12, 1921. 



This subspecies occurs also on the peninsula of Lower Calif- 

 ornia. It gives us pleasure to name it for Mr. Karl P. Schmidt. 



Verticaria franciscensis, new species 

 Diagnosis.— A single middorsal line, forked anteriorly for a 

 distance of two to eight millimeters, usually forked or broadened 

 posteriorly. Supraoculars normally three. Scales of collar very 

 rarely largest at its edge. Second supraocular usually in contact 

 with frontal. No red on back of body and usually none on sides. 

 Blue below, without orange. 



ry£e.-— California Academy of Sciences No. 50513; collected 

 by Joseph R. Slevin on San Francisco Island, Gulf of California, 

 Mexico, May 30, 1921. 



Lampropeltis catalinensis, new species 



Diagnosis.— No transverse markings; a dark purplish brown 

 longitudinal dorsal band about five scales wide from head to end 

 of tail. All lateral scales yellowish white with narrow purplish 

 brown borders. Along the middorsal line, at nearly regular in- 

 tervals of three or four scales, are small yellowish white spots 

 on single scales. Head dark brown above and laterally, with 

 small yellowish white markings on internasals, prefrontals, 

 temporals, oculars, loreal, nasals, rostral, and labials. Lower 

 surfaces chiefly black, marbled with yellowish white laterally 

 on most of the gastrosteges, and centrally on a few; the distal 



