13, EUMECEs. 879 
sixth and seventh upper labials subequal ; ear-opening smaller than 
a dorsal scale, without auricular lobules; a single postmental. 24 
_ Scales round the body, equal. The length of the hind limb is 
contained thrice and a half in the length from snout to vent; the 
limbs are widely separated when pressed against the body. Median 
subcaudals slightly enlarged. Dark brown above, with three light 
longitudinal lines, very distinct on the head and nape, indistinct 
on the body ; throat and breast yellowish white, belly bluish grey. 
millim, millim. 
From snout to vent.. 50 Fore limb ........ 10 
TGA, Gtr ce estas 9 Hind limb ........ 14 
Width of head...... 6 
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a. Her. —?P T. Bell, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 
22. Eumeces brevirostris. 
Mabouia brevirostris, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 816. 
Eumeces brevirostris, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 489, 
pl. xxii. a. fig. 7 and pl. xxii. g. fig. 1; Giinth. Biol. C-Am., Rept. 
p. 32, pl. xxii. fig. B. 
—— (Plestiodon) Saee; Thomin. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1883, p. 188; 
Duges, La Naturaleza, vi. 1884, p. 361, pl. ix. fig. 2. 
Head small; snout short, obtuse. Nasal small ; no postnasal ; 
anterior loreal in contact with the first labial and the frontonasal ; 
four supraoculars, the two or three anterior in contact with the 
frontal; two pairs of nuchals; seventh upper labial largest ; ear- 
opening smaller than a dorsal scale, with one or two indistinct 
lobules ; a single postmental. 22 or 24 scales round the middle of 
the body; the scales of the twe median longitudinal dorsal series a 
little broader than the others; lateral scales considerably smaller. 
The length of the hind limb is contained thrice to thrice and one 
third in the length from snout to vent; the limbs do not meet when 
pressed against the body. A series of transversely enlarged sub- 
caudals. Dark olive-brown above, with a black lateral band, which 
is edged above with a yellowish streak; this light streak well 
marked on the head and nape, becoming less distinct on the body; 
throat and lips yellowish, belly greyish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 161 Fore limb ........ 15 
Head? csciew wsecaee ss 12 Hindlimb ........ 21 
Width of head .... 9 LT eer 95 
Body ise 3 is paces 54 
Mexico. 
a. Ad. Oaxaca. M.Sallé[C.]. (Type.) 
bc, Ad. Ciudad. Mr. Forrer {C.]. 
