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supranasals; nostril between rostral, first supralabial, one small 

 post nasal and two supranasals, the anterior of which are very 

 wide and nearly meeting behind the rostral; 15 upper (14 on 

 right side) and 14 lower labials ; mental small, not distinguishable 

 by size or shape from the other labials ; no chin-shields, but the 

 throat granules increased gradually in size toward the labials; 

 a transverse group of somewhat enlarged granules a short dis- 

 tance in front of the vent, the posterior row bearing an uninter- 

 rupted series of 16 pores; tail above slightly annulate, each 

 annulus marked posteriorly on the side by a slightly enlarged 

 spine-like scale." 



''Color (in alcohol), above dull russet- clouded with indistinct 

 dusky markings which are more or less longitudinal; underside 

 whitish, slightly washed with russet/' 



Measurements of Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger. 



mm. 



Total length, tail broken 50 

 Snout to eye 4.5 



Snout to ear 10 



Snout to vent 35 

 Diameter of eye 3 



Tail from vent, tail broken 15 

 Foreleg 8 



Hind leg 11 



Remarks. — The type specimen and one cotype were taken on 

 Calayan, Babuyanes, by Richard C. McGregor, for whom this 

 species has been named. No further collection seems to have 

 been made in this remote locality. 



LUPEROSAURUS JOLOENSIS Taylor 



Plate ,2, fig. 8 

 Luperosaurus joloensis Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 13 (1918) 235. 



Description of species. — (From the type. No. 1872, Bureau of 

 Science collection; collected at Siet Lake, Jolo, September 22, 

 1917, by E. H. Taylor.) Snout squarish; rostral upright, longer 

 than broad, with two slight depressions in upper part entering 

 from near median internasal; nostril surrounded by a raised 

 prominence consisting of rostral, first labial, a postnasal, and 

 two supranasals ; last three scales coequal ; eleven upper labials, 

 last two small, second and third larger than first; a row of 

 slightly enlarged scales above upper labials, those immediately 

 behind postnasal largest; mental almost triangular, differen- 

 tiated from labials; a pair of hexagonal chin shields, followed 

 by a single median scale; eleven lower labials, last three very 



