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Habitat and Habits—The coal skink is a rare lizard 
and records of its habitat and habits have not been found 
by the writer in the literature. This species oceurs in 
Franklin County in considerable abundance, and accord- 
ing to Mr. Howard K. Gloyd, now of the Kansas State 
Agricultural College, it is found under hillside rocks, as 
are many other species of Humeces. It feeds upon a va- 
riety of small insects and, so far as known, is entirely 
insectivorous. 
Discussion of Kansas Reports.—Since this is the first 
work to report the occurence of this species in Kansas, 
all available state records are here given in detail. 
Anderson County; Report based on a specimen in the 
Kansas University Museum. Dickinson County; This 
report is based on a specimen in the Kansas University 
Museum which has been referred to E. pluvialis by Dr. 
L. Stejneger; the record of this specimen (No. 744) is 
under the name of E. anthracinus. Franklin County; A 
fine series of these skinks, most of them collected by Mr. 
and Mrs. Howard K. Gloyd, are in the museum of Ottawa 
University. Miami County; This report is based on a 
specimen (No. 201) in the museum of Ottawa University. 
Distribution in Kansas—The coal skink is evidently 
confined to the eastern half of Kansas in its distribution, 
and its known range is within that of E. fasciatus. 
Eumeces fasciatus (Linné). 
Five-lined Skink, Blue-tailed skink, Scorpion, Striped 
Lizard, Red Headed Lizard. 
Description—Body elongated, sub-cylindrical ; head 
widest anterior to the ear opening; all scale rows longi- 
tudinal; sides of head generally bulged in adult males, 
usually not in females; either one or two transverse 
mentals present under chin. 
Coloration varies greatly as these lizard develop; em- 
