13. EUMFcEs. 3875 
12. Eumeces chinensis. 
Plestiodon pulchrum, Gray, Cat. p. 92. 
—— chinensis, Gray, 1. c. 
Tiliqua chinensis, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 289. 
Plestiodon sinense, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 704. 
—— pulchrum, Dum. § Bibr. p. 710. 
Tiliqua rufo-guttata, Cantor, Ann. § Mag. N..H. ix. 1842, p. 482. 
Mabouia chinensis, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 83. 
Eumeces sinensis, Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex., Rept. p. 423. 
Head small; snout short, obtuse. Nasal small; no postnasal ; 
anterior loreal in contact with the first labial and the frontonasal ; 
four supraoculars, the two anterior in contact with the frontal ; 
parietals entirely separated by the interparietal ; usually two pairs 
of nuchals ; sixth or seventh upper labial the largest ; ear-opening 
as large as a dorsal scale, with two or three more or less distinct 
obtuse lobules ; two azygos postmentals. Usually 24, sometimes 
26, scales round the body, subequal. The limbs, when pressed 
against the body, overlap in the young, meet or fail to meet in the 
adult ; the length of the hind limb in the adult enters twice and 
three fifths to thrice and one fourth in the length from snout to 
vent. A median series of transversely enlarged subcaudals. Young 
dark brown above, with three longitudinal light bands on the back, 
the median broadest and not bifurcating anteriorly ; sides with light 
spots. Adult olive above, uniform or with a more or less regular 
lateral dark brown band; the dorsal scales sometimes edged with 
blackish ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 
millim. millim 
Totul length ...... 210 Fore limb ........ 24 
Head............ 18 Hind limb........ 32 
Width ofhead .... 15 Taal.) asi sapien sal 110 
Body) sacck cain aad 82 
China 
a, Ad. .  Ningpo, A. Michie, Esq. [P.]. 
6, Ad. Ningpo. 
ec. Ad. Chusan. -Dr. Cantor. (Type of 
. Tikiqua rufo-guttata.) 
d. Ad. Si Kiang. Mr. Fortune fel 
e. Ad. Canton. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
S,g,% Ad. & her. Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring ra 
2, kh, Ad, & yg. China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 
1, Ad, China, 
13. Eumeces tetragrammus. 
Plestiodon tetragrammus, Baird, Proc. Ac, Philad, 1858, p. 256, and 
U. S. Mex. Bound, Surv., Rept. p. 12. 
Eumeces tetragrammus, Cope, Check-list N. Am. Rept.p. 45. 
—— obtusirostris, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mev., Rept. p. 441, pl. xxii. D. 
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