218 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Variation. — Two other specimens were taken in the same 

 locality, both agreeing with the type in color and markings, 

 save that both are lighter above; they are practically identical 

 in scalation. 



Remarks. — This species appears rather intermediate between 

 Leiolopisma and Siaphos. I have referred it to the latter rather 

 than to the former group because of its closer superficial resem- 

 blance to the other Philippine members of that genus and the 

 reduction of the prefontals and limbs ; the ear opening however 

 is large and distinct. The known Philippine species of Leiolo- 

 pisma have the divided frontoparietal; the three known species 

 of Siaphos have the frontoparietal single. 



The species is named for Ollie C. Kemp, Mangyan Agent in 

 Mindoro, who accompanied me on the collecting trip to Lake 

 Naujan and assisted in making collections. 



The species was found living under the leaves of small, close- 

 clinging vines on trees. When these vines were loosened at the 

 base of the tree and torn down, the lizards were revealed on the 

 side of the tree at some distance from the ground, and they im- 

 mediately took refuge much higher up in the tree. Thus many 

 of the specimens seen escaped. Only three, brought down with 

 the vines, were captured. 



This species differs quite markedly from the two small species, 

 Siaphos infralineolatum (Gunther) and Siaphos quadrivittatum 

 (Peters) in size, markings, and the presence of an auricular 

 opening. From the recently described Siaphos auriculatum 

 Taylor, which it resembles greatly in marking, it differs in the 

 presence of small prefrontals, and it probably does not grow 

 to so large a size. Many other differences are obvious on a 

 comparison of descriptions and figures. Known only from the 

 type locality. 



SIAPHOS INFRALINEOLATUM (Gunther) 

 Plate 15, fig. 3 



Cophoscincus infralineolatum Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 



(1873) 166. 

 Cophoscincus subvittatus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1873) 



167. 

 Lygosoma infralineolatum Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 3 (1887) 



328, pL 27, %. 1; de Rooij, Rept. Indo-Aust. Arch. 1 (1915) 269. 



Description of species. — (Described from fifty-two specimens 

 from Bunawan, Agusan, Mindanao, and various islands of the 

 Sulu Archipelago.) Head rather short, rather sharply pointed; 



