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Crotaphytus collaris baileyi, and I am inclined to be- 

 lieve that some of my informants believed these to 

 be what I was after. The United States Biological 

 Survey party failed to find Gila monsters in any of 

 the trans-Pecos counties, as did also Messrs. Stone 

 and Rehn in El Paso County, and the collectors for 

 the Zoological Society of Philadelphia in the region 

 south of Pecos. A friend informed me that several 

 Texas Gila monsters were on exhibition in a show 

 window in El Paso, but it afterward developed that 

 these had been shipped in from Arizona. 



4. Barissia imbricata Wiegmann. Plated Lizard. 



This species was recognized as a Texas animal by 

 Ditmars in "The Reptile Book" and by the late Ar- 

 thur Erwin Brown in his faunal list of Texas rep- 

 tiles. The former wrote me that he could not now 

 recall his authority, and Dr. Brown said that, as in 

 the case of Chrysemys ornata, "it was on the 

 strength of one of Cope's references." I hope that 

 these authors did not base their authority on U. S. 

 National Collection No. 3096, a specimen labeled 

 "Between El Paso and San Diego" (California!!). 



5. Anniella texana Boulenger. Texas Blind Worm: 



Footless Lizard. 



Described from a single specimen, supposed to have 

 been collected at El Paso (Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History, London, Vol. 20, 1887, page 50). 

 Probably one of the forms of Anniella pulchra Gray, 

 from the Pacific region, with incorrect locality label, 

 as was suggested by Cope. 



6. Regina lebekis Linn. Queen Snake: Leather Snake. 



A specimen of this species in the National Museum 

 collection is labeled "Owassa, Texas." I cannot find 

 the location of this place, although I have consulted 

 maps, gazettf ers and postal guides galore. 



