214 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 47H SER. 
This species is confined to the large islands which consti- 
tute Japan proper. We have at hand only eight specimens. 
Three are from Kobe, Setsu Province, Hondo, the others 
were secured near Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, Kiusiu. 
Six have scales in twenty-six rows, one has twenty-four, 
and one twenty-seven; the scales between the parietals and a 
line joining the backs of the thighs vary from forty-nine to 
fifty-five, and the plates under the fourth toe vary from fifteen 
to eighteen. The frontal touches the frontonasal in only one 
specimen, but is in contact with three supraoculars in all. 
All have one postnasal on each side, and one azygous post- 
mental. There usually is but one pair of nuchals, but two 
specimens have two additional small plates on one side. The 
posterior loreals are short and in contact with only two labials, 
except in two specimens in which they are longer and touch 
2-3 and 3-3 labials. There is no patch of enlarged scales on 
the back of the thigh in any of these Japanese lizards. 
Eumeces latiscutatus okadae Stejneger 
Diagnosis.—One azygous postmental; no patch of enlarged 
scales on back of thigh; postnasal present; posterior loreal 
short, normally touching two labials; about eighteen scutes 
under fourth toe; one or two pairs of nuchals; twenty-eight 
or thirty scales around middle of body. 
We have received in exchange from the U. S. National 
Museum one of the original specimens (U. S. N. M. No. 
36531) described by Dr. Stejneger. This specimen, which 
was collected by Okada in Nii shima, Idzu, is now number 
27,229 of the Academy’s collection. It has twenty-eight scales 
around the body, fifty-four between the parietals and the 
backs of the thighs, eighteen under the fourth toe, seven supra- 
labials, and one and three nuchals. The frontal is in contact 
with three supraoculars and the frontonasal. The posterior 
loreals are short, and touch only two labials each. There is 
one postnasal on each side. There is no patch of enlarged 
scales on the back of the thigh. 
