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is broadest and darkest on the side of the neck and above the 

 foreleg; below this streak dirty flesh color, becoming pinkish on 

 the belly; chin and throat with dim dusky flecks; top of head 

 olive brown with dark scattered spots; loreal region spotted 

 black; labials with dim yellowish spots; a yellowish streak from 

 eye to above auricular opening below the dark streak ; tail nearly 

 uniform above, on sides with very indistinct minute markings 

 of cream; underside pink. 



Measurements of the type of Sphenomorphus stejnegeri sp. nov. 



Total length 66 



Snout to vent 27 



Snout to foreleg 10 



Axilla to groin 14 



Foreleg 9 



Hind leg 6 



Remarks. — In the character of the temporals this species dif- 

 fers from other Philippine species that have the undivided fron- 

 toparietal. The specimen is apparently immature, but I believe 

 it is a diminutive species. 



The single specimen, the type, was found on Mount Banahao, 

 at an elevation of about 1,000 meters. The species is named 

 for Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, the eminent herpetologist of the 

 United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. 

 Sphenomorphus fasciatus (Gray). 



Hinulia fasciata Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) pi. 15, fig. 2. 

 Sphenomorphus fasciatus Taylor, Lizards of the Philippine Islands 

 (1922) 188, pi. 12, fig. 3. 



I found two eggs of this species, containing fully developed 

 embryos, on September 24, 1920, in a rotten log near Pasananka, 

 Zamboanga. The embryos have the belly tinged with salmon; 

 above they are black, and the dotted transverse bars are milk 

 white; the top of the head is reddish. 



An adult was taken September 29, 1920, not far from where 

 the eggs were found. The belly is yellow anteriorly and pink 

 to orange posteriorly. The transverse bars on the body are 

 yellow-brown, on the tail milk white. An adult male specimen 

 was collected on the seashore at Isabela, Basilan. The bars 

 above on the body are golden brown, the throat is flesh color. 

 A dull yellow wash covers the belly, and pink areas are present 

 under limbs and about anus. 



I believe this species is confined to Mindanao and neighbor- 

 ing islands. 



