1906.] 



IN MEXICAN WIZARDS. 



353 



on the lower back and rump, others in stripe 3, in the mid-field 

 and upon the thighs. Ground-colour brown, with dark bars in 

 fields I. and II. 



Specimen 99 mm. About 12 rows of small whitish spots on 

 the lower back and I'ump &c. Neck and anterior half of trunk 

 dusky, marbled with dark cross-bars. 



Specimens of 100-105 mm. Back dusky, on neck and shouldei'S 

 with large dark spots or with dark cross-bars. All the stripes are 

 dissolved into small white or yellow spots on the lower back, 

 rump, and root of the tail; ground-colour warm reddish- brown. 



Text-fig. 79. 



Cnemklopliorus communis occidentalis and C. c. australis. 



A=C commtmis. occidentalis, from Tuxpan ; Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 



B=(7. communis australis, 138 & 140 mm., from Cuicatlan ; Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Specimen 130 mm. Whole neck, shoulders, and mid-back 

 uniformly dusky greenish ; sides of back rich brown with many 

 small whitish specks, which extend also over the lower back and 

 rump. Legs and thighs above bluish, with many small spots. 

 The throat is pale, partly with a pink tinge, especially in the 

 largest specimen ; collar white, mottled with blue. Chest and 

 abdomen soon become mottled or chequered, each scale becoming 

 dark blue or black, but retaining a whitish edge. The tei-minal 

 half of the tail is red in all specimens. 



Twelve specime7is collected by Dr. Meek near Ctdcatlan. (Text- 

 figs. 64 C ; 65 E ; 69 B, C.)— This is a station of the Mexican 



