334 IJULLETIN :;i, UMTIID STATKS national Ml'.SHUM. 



The limbs Lave a lew diukbrowu ciossbauds; the reiuiii' is yellowish 

 aud unspotted behiud. 



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Dr. Ilolbiook describes the (;(>h)is of this species in lil'e as I'oUows: 



Dove color above, witli oblonj;- spots of darkbiowii, inari;ined with 

 yellow. 



The head has a broad, indistinct, triangular spot between the orbits, 

 the apex of which is directed backwards. A black liiu> extends Ironi 

 the snout to the orbit of the eye, including the nostrils; below this 

 black line is a yellowish blotch, covi'riug most of the upper Jaw, The 

 lower Jaw is (tinereous above and white below. The i)upil is very dark, 

 the iris of a golden color. The. tympanum is very dark (colored, and 

 placed in a dar!' vitta, (U' blotch, wlii(!h extends from behind the orbit 

 to within a, short distance of the shoulder. The body is of a delicate 

 dove-color above, v/itli two or moi'e oblong sjiots of dark brown, mar- 

 gined with yellow, on each sule of the vcitebral line; below these, and 

 on eacli Hank, are three smaller spots, likewise margined with briglit 

 yellow, the anterior one being the largest ; these, with a smaller one 

 above the v»'ut, form a triangle on each llatdi; ; s<'veral luiglit yellow 

 spots, also disposed ni a triangulai' form, with the api<'es diiccled lor 

 wards, aie concealed by the thighs. The inferior surface of tliis ani- 

 mal is silver-white, ami ex<;ept (Ui the throat, everywhere granulated ; 

 about the throat an' a few indistinct points of black; the anteiior and 

 middle parts of the abdomen are white with a slight tinge; the poste 

 rior third api)roaches to llesh-color. 



The anterior extremities are dove-<!oI<ue(l abo\e, with a few distinct 

 dark bands placed transveisely on the fore-arm, ami a black spot at the 

 elbow: a black line runs from the inferior ami upi>er jiart of the shoul- 

 der towards the lower Jaw ; dove-coloicd above, with transveise bands 

 of dark brown; on the anterior part of the thigh are s^.^ral smiill 

 yellow spots; on the posterior surface th(^se spots aie numerous and so 

 (thtsely approximated as to icsemble at lirst view a yellow waving liuf. 

 Tiie whole under snifacc^ of the thighs is tlesh-coloied ; the inleritu- 

 surliuu! of the legs is also tlesh-colore<l, with a I'vw yellow dots. 



No. l.'JG.'H; OIK' specimen: llelotes; liexar County, Texas; (1. W, 

 i\Iarnock. 



Other spe<!imens of this species are in my private tolle(;tion Irom the 

 same locality, and from Dallas, Texas. 



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