13, EUMECEs. 381 
The following species appears to be closely allied to the pre- 
ceding :— 
Plestiodon egregius, Baird, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1858, p. 256.— 
Eumeces egregius, Cope, Check-list, p. 45. 
“ One postnasal* plate ; postfrontal and internasals separated by ~ 
the postnasal. Four upper labials. Ears very small. Two central 
dorsal rows largest. Body cylindrical. Color reddish-ash, with 
two or three white lines on each side, margined with dusky, some- 
times a third; all these along the centres of single rows of scales. 
Upper lateral lines separated by two plain rows. Body encircled by 
about 22 rows of scales.” 3 ; 
Florida. 
25. Eumeces quadrilineatus. 
Plestiodon quadrilineatum, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii, 1858, 
. 652. 
frmeees quadrivirgatus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 502. 
Mabouia quadrilineata, Giinth. Rept. Brit, Ind. p. 82, pl. x. fig. 5. 
Eumeces quadrilineatus, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 423, 
pl. xxii. D. fig. 5. 
Snout short, obtuse. Nasal small, followed by a small postnasal ; 
anterior loreal in contact with the frontonasal ; four supraoculars ; 
parietals meeting behind the interparietal ; three pairs of nuchals; 
seventh upper labial largest; ear-opening rather small, without 
distinct lobules ; two azygos postmentals. 20 (or 22) scales round 
the middle of the body, those of the two vertebral series much 
broader than the others. The length of the hind limb is contained 
twice and a half in the length from snout to vent; the limbs overlap 
when pressed against the body. A median series of transversely 
enlarged subcaudals. Black above, with two yellowish longitudinal 
lines on each side, the upper beginning on the tip of the snout. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 140 Fore limb ........ 15 
Had sce nde cew eal 11 Hind limb ........ 22 
Width of head .... 8 WRAL fceceatecdealeoenash 85 
Body ...........- 44 
Southern China, Cochinchina. 
a,b. Ad. Hongkong. Sir J. Bowring [P.]. 
* J. e. no postnasal. 
