334 BULLETIN 34, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The limbs have a few dark-browu cross-bands; the femur is yellowit<h 

 and unspotted behind. 



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Fig. 83. ChoropMlus ornatus. No. 13634. Helotes, Texas ; \. 



Dr. Holbrook describes the colors of this species in life as follows: 



Dove-color above, with oblong spots of dark-brown, margined with 

 yellow. 



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

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

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

 black line is a yellowish blotcli, covering most of the upper jaw. The 

 lower jaw is cinereous above and white below. The pupil is very dark, 

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

 lilaced in a dark vitta, or blotch, which extends from behind the orbit 

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

 dove-color above, with two or more oblong spots of dark brown, mar- 

 gined with yellow, on each side of the vertebral line; below these, and 

 on each flank, are three smaller spots, likewise margined with bright 

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

 above the vent, form a triangle on each flank; several bright yellow 

 spots, also disposed in a triangular form, with the apices directed for- 

 wards, are concealed by the thighs. The inferior surface of this ani- 

 mal is silver-white, and except on the throat, everywhere granulated; 

 about the throat are a few indistinct points of black; the anterior and 

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

 rior third approaches to flesh-color. 



The anterior extremities are dove-colored above, with a few distinct 

 dark bands placed transversely on the fore-arm, and a black spot at the 

 elbow ; a black line runs from the inferior and upper part of the shoul- 

 der towards the lower jaw ; dove-colored abov^e, with transverse bands 

 of dark brown; on the anterior part of the thigh are several sniiiU 

 yellow spots; on the posterior surface these spots are numerous and so 

 closely approximated as to resemble at first view a yellow waving line. 

 The whole under surface of the thighs is flesh-colored; the inferior 

 surface of the legs is also flesh -colored, with a few yellow dots. 



Ko. 13634 ; one specimen ; Helotes ; Bexar County, Texas ; G. W. 

 Marnock. 



Other si)ecimens of this species are in my private collection from the 

 same locality, and from Dallas, Texas, 



