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band from the temporal region above the insertions of the legs to the. 
side of the tail, edged above by an indistinct pale line; hips and under- 
side unspotted, pale; legs above reticulated with brown. 
Dimensions. 
mm. 
Total Jeng thsa shee ha See eat Te ea pe ey eee ee Ln eee 47 
AMO) OLE SINOWIG Wo) [TO iGo 2 SOD 8) flea Webi an 5 ids, ee eee 24 
Tip of snout to fore leg_____ se TN co ae ieee ce oti eee 12 
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WEN 62 GO. Cfo, < OB Teg De os a ye Any Spe pe Oe 22 
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Remarks.—In proportions, coloration, size of ear-opening, and gen- 
eral conformation of the upper head-shields, this new species, which 
I dedicate to its discoverer, Prof. J. B. Steere, in recognition of his 
contributions to Philippine zoology, agrees very well with Spheno- 
morphus decipiens (Boulenger), but the latter has 36 scale rows 
around the middle of the body. In many respects it also resembles 
S. moellendorfii (Boettger), but the more backward position of the 
ear-opening which seems to be such a characteristic feature of S. 
steered 1s alone sufficient to vindicate specific distinction for it. 
TROPIDOPHORUS MISAMINIUS, new species. 
Diagnosis—Dorsals strongly keeled; fronto-parietals distinct; a 
single large preanal; sixth and seventh supralabials largest and 
entering the orbit; parietals not in contact behind interparietal ; 
Gonna smaller Text dorsals. 
_f[Tabitat.—Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 
Type.—Cat. No. 37388, U.S.N.M.; Catagan, Datu Anib’s place, 
base of Malindang Mountains, 1,100 feet altitude, Misamis Province, 
N. W. Mindanao; May 25, 1906; Dr. E. A. Mearns, U. S. Army, 
collector. 
Description of type-specomen hill male (figs. 5, 6) ; upper head- 
shields smooth; fronto-nasal shghtly longer than Inno: prefrontals 
broadly in contact; frontal as long as fronto-parietals and interpari- 
etal together, in contact with three anterior supraoculars; five supra- 
oculars, first longest, fifth smallest; two or three anterior super- 
cilaries large, followed by six very small ones, none behind the 
suture between third and fourth supraocular; fronto-parietals separ- 
ate, shorter than interparietal; parietals not in contact behind inter- 
parietal; nostril in a single nasal, which is followed by two loreals, 
one behind the other; anterior row of temporals differentiated from 
the scales behind, the upper three being shorter and broader, the 
lower two long and narrow; eight supralabials, the anterior five 
