. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARD8, AND SNAKES. Eiitaniaproxima Suij—t'oiitimuMl. 1025 Catalogue No. 13001 to 1^070 17952 Niimbor of speci- mens. Iiocality. "When collected. From whom received. Nature of speciuieu. New ' )rleaus, Louisiana Dr. K. W. Slmfelilt Alcnliolic. I ! ilo. Veedersburji. Foiintiiin O. P. Hay County, Indiana. J7958 i Vicksbiirg, Mississippi ...j do 17905 do ' do 2232(5 j Kerrviile, Texas j Hy. Caudlin ir>:t70 New Orleans, L
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CROCODILIANS, LIZARD8, AND SNAKES. Eiitaniaproxima Suij—t'oiitimuMl. 1025 Catalogue No. 13001 to 1^070 17952 Niimbor of speci- mens. Iiocality. "When collected. From whom received. Nature of speciuieu. New ' )rleaus, Louisiana Dr. K. W. Slmfelilt Alcnliolic. I ! ilo. Veedersburji. Foiintiiin O. P. Hay County, Indiana. J7958 i Vicksbiirg, Mississippi ...j do 17905 do ' do 2232(5 j Kerrviile, Texas j Hy. Caudlin ir>:t70 New Orleans, Louisiana Dr. R. W. .Snutcldt 15:i43 Matanioras, Mexico ! Dr. I). \T. Prentiss i7u:« ) to > Cameron County, Texas C. K. Worthen — 17047 J do. do. do. do. do. Specimens referred, to this species said to be from North (Carolina, in Yarrow's Check-list, are either the E. sanrita or are inaccurate as to locality, EUTiENIA MEGALOPS Kennicott. Eiitania me. 330.—Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, XXII, 1885, p. 173; N. Amer. Kept., 1875, p. 41. Form shorter and stouter, with proportionally shorter tail than in ^ which this species s]i,iilitly resembles. Tail one-fourth ot the total length. Eye very hirge, greater than in E. proxima. First dorsal row of scales broader, each scale as high as long, and less strongly carinated. Dorsal strip narrow, cover- ing one and less than two half rows of scales. Color unilorm brownish ash, with the three longitudi- nal strips whitish yellow. Head olive ash. Color uniformdull brow- nish ash or clay color, with the dorsaland lateral strips whitish yellow, Afew of the scales have nar- row black spots on their edges, but these are not i)romiuent, and never extend over a scale, api)earing as indistinct mottlings of black on the ground color, always on the rows next the strips. Tiie head above is light olive ash. The lateral strip is on the third and fourth rows, and is narrower than in E. ))i<. The color below the
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