372 " scIncIDz. 
indistinct lobules anteriorly ; a single postmental. 26 scales round 
the body, subequal, or the median dorsal series slightly enlarged. 
The limbs, when pressed against the body, overlap; the length of 
the hind limb enters twice and one fourth to twice and a half in 
the length from snout to vent. A median series of transversely 
enlarged subcaudals. Young blackish above, with five longitudinal 
yellowish lines, the median bifurcating on the occiput; tail blue. 
Adult more uniform, brownish, with a dark, sometimes red, lateral 
band ; the head reddish. Lower surfaces yellowish white. 
.  maillim. B millim 
Total length ...... 206 Fore limb ........ 25 
ad 6 eg ete ae ge 18 Hind limb........ 33 
Width of head .... 15 Waal e56 oeeais t-3 1380 
Body’ 24.2 sccees 58 
China. — 
c-f. Ad., hgy., & yg. Snowy valley, Ningpo. J. H. Leech, Esq. 
a,b. Ad. & yg. Shanghai. R. Swinhoe, Esq. tet 
Pi. 
g-k. Ad. & hgr. Ningpo. 
i-m. Her. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.}. 
n-q. Ad. & yg. Pescadore Islands. R. Swinhose, Esq. Ct 
r. Ad, Kiukiang Mountains. Mr. C. Maries [C.]. 
at. Yg. China. 
7. Eumeces capito. 
ee capito, Bocowrt, Miss. Se. Mex., Rept. p. 429, pl. xxii. p. 
ig. 8. 
Snout short, obtuse ; cheeks swollen. Nasal small, followed by 
a small postnasal, which forms a suture with the first labial; 
anterior loreal forming a suture with the frontonasal, which is 
largely in contact with the frontal; four supraoculars, the two 
anterior in contact with the frontal; parietals meeting on a small 
point behind the interparietal, followed by two pairs of nuchals ; 
seventh upper labial the largest ; no projecting auricular lobules ; 
two azygos postmentals. 24 scales round the body, subequal. The 
length of the hind limb is contained about twice and two fifths in 
the distance from snout to vent. A median series of transversely 
enlarged subcaudals. Greenish grey above, the dorsal scales finely 
edged with black; head reddish yellow; a rather narrow black 
lateral band, edged with lighter; lower surfaces yellowish white, 
the belly tinged with bluish. 
millim. millim, 
From snout to vent .. 69 Fore limb ........ 21 
Heads cue caseura ects 17 Hind limb........ 29 
Width of head ...... 13 
Eastern coast of the United States. 
