LEIOLOPISMA 215 



frenal distinctly higher than nasal, higher but much smaller 

 than second frenal ; two preoculars, lower the larger ; nine super- 

 ciliaries, none in contact with frontal; six supraoculars, last 

 as wide as first, third widest, four in contact with frontal; 

 seven upper labials, first three elongate, of nearly equal size 

 and shape, last four higher; a scale partly inserted between 

 fourth and fifth, and fifth and sixth labials ; five or six enlarged 

 temporals; lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk; 

 auricular opening two-thirds as large as eye; six lower labials, 

 all narrow and elongate; two undivided postmentals, first small 

 (the small one absent in the cotype) ; two very much enlarged 

 preanals, which are preceded by three or four enlarged body 

 scales; twenty-five lamellae under fourth toe; twenty-two scale 

 rows about body; three or four pairs of nuchals present; fore- 

 leg reaches forward to nostril; hind leg fails to reach axilla 

 by a considerable distance. 



Coloi' in life. — Dark, mottled brown above with a greenish 

 bronze dorsal streak ; dark spots on parietal region ; supraoculars 

 each with an indistinct lighter line; labials spotted with dark; 

 laterally flecked with light spots of bronze-greenish tint; chin, 

 throat, belly, and underside of tail an immaculate, iridescent 

 greenish color with a wash of bright canary; arms and legs 

 spotted with minute lighter dots ; tail above spotted with brown- 

 ish 'spots, with trace of a median streak. 



Measurements of type of Leiolopisma piilchellum grande Taylor. 



mm. 



Total length, end of tail lost 67 



Snout to vent 42 



Snout to ear 10 



Snout to insertion of foreleg 18 



Axilla to groin 22 



Foreleg 15 



Hind leg 19 

 Width of head 6.5 



Variation. — The cotype varies in not having the frontal 

 narrowed so quickly as in the type, and the interparietal is 

 shorter. 



Remarks. — This form differs from L. piilchellum in the larger 

 number of supraoculars, the shape of the head, and the shorter 

 hind leg, which does not reach the axilla; the frontal touches 

 four instead of three supraoculars, the interparietal is very 

 much smaller and narrower than the frontal. There are two 

 scale rows less around the body. It apparently grows to a larger 

 size. I have ten typical specimens of L. pulchellum for com- 



