126 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Cnemidophorus multiscutatus (Cope). 



Cnemidophorun tessellatus melanostethus. 



[?1883, Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, p. 45 (part).] 



?1887, Belding, West Am. Sci., iii, 24, p. 99. 

 Cnemidophorus tessellatus tigris. 



(1889, Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 147.) 

 Cnemidophorus tessellatus multiscutatus . 



1892, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xvii, 1, p. 38. 



Prof. Cope has proposed this name for specimens from 

 Cerros Island, characterized by the large number of 

 brachial (7 to 8 rows) and femoral (8 to 9 rows) plates. 



Cnemidophorus stejnegeri Van D. 



I Cnemidophorus tessellatus tessellatus. 



?1880, Lockington, Am. Nat.^ xiv, 4, p. 295. 

 (?1889, Cope, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 147.) 

 [?1892, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xvii, 1, p. 34 (part).] 

 Cnemidophorus stejnegeri. 



1894, Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. iv, Pt. 1, 

 p. 300. 



There are two specimens of this species in the present 

 collection. One (No. 642) was obtained by Mr. Bryant 

 and labeled Comondu to San Quintin, L. C. The other 

 (No. 597) was secured by Mr. Anthony and is labeled 

 Lower California. 



This form has already been recorded from San Telmo, 

 the "foothills of San Pedro Martir Mountain," and 

 " between San Rafael and Ensenada," in Lower Califor- 

 nia. 



CNEMIDOPHORtJS RUBIDUS (Copc). 



Cnemidophorus tessellatus rubidus. 



1892, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, xvii, 1, p. 27, pi. xii, f. 



Description of No. 661. — The nostrils are anterior to 

 the nasal suture. There are three parietals, two fronto- 

 parietals, and four supraoculars. The postnasal is in 

 contact with the first, second, and third labials. The 

 loreal is very large, longer than high. There are six 



