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2. Crtptoblepharus eximius, Grd. 



(Plate XXVI, figs. 25-32.) 



Char. Spec. — Squamis in qiiatuor et vigintl series circum medium cor- 

 pus disjDositis. Squamis suhcaudalihus aequalibus vel subaequcdihus. 

 Supra suhviridi, cum duahus claris lineis vel vittis in utroque latere; 

 infra unicolori. 



Spec. Char. — Scales disposed upon twenty-four longitudinal series 

 around the middle region of the body. Subcaudal scales equal or 

 nearly so. Back greenish ; two light lines or streaks on each 

 side ; beneath unicolor. 



Syn. — Cryptohlcpharus eximius, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. November, 

 1857. 



Descr. — It is a much smaller and more slender animal than the 

 preceding species, gracefully elongated, with a depressed head and 

 body ; the tail being subcylindrical, and slightly depressed at the base 

 only. The snout is more pointed ; the eye larger, and the auricular 

 aperture smaller than in the foregoing species. The three upper and 

 middle scales of the rim of the orbit are proportionally more develoj)ed 

 also. The scales constitute but twenty-four longitudinal series, instead 

 of twenty-eight, around the middle region of the body, and beneath 

 the tail they are nearly all equal. 



The dorsal region is greenish or brownish-green. On each side, we 

 observe two whitish or yellowish lines extending from the head to the 

 base of the tail : the uppermost beginning at the nostril and passing 

 over the orbit. The lowermost from beneath the orbit, bending slightly 

 upwards behind the latter, hence straightway to the groins, after passing 

 over the auricular aperture. These lines or streaks are margined with 

 deep brown or chestnut; the middle space between them being entirely 

 of the latter hue, so that at a first glance, there are three dark streaks, 

 and two light ones. The inferior portion of the sides and upper sur- 

 face of the tail and limbs are spotted or maculated with brown and 

 white. A uniform bluish-brown pervades the inferior region of the 



