. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HEEPETOLOGY OE JAPAN. 203 No. 36507 (Science northern Formosa;. 183 A direct comparison of typical Eumeces elegans from China (which our museum owes to the kmdness of Dr. O. Boettger) with E. latiscu- iatus, from Japan, and E. marginatus, from the Riukius, shows that it is more nearly related to the former than to the latter, the second loreal being as high and short as in the most tjq^ical E. latiscutatus. In fact, the onl}^^ difference I can see consists in the presence of a post- nasal in the latter, in this respect agreeing with E. 'marg
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HEEPETOLOGY OE JAPAN. 203 No. 36507 (Science northern Formosa;. 183 A direct comparison of typical Eumeces elegans from China (which our museum owes to the kmdness of Dr. O. Boettger) with E. latiscu- iatus, from Japan, and E. marginatus, from the Riukius, shows that it is more nearly related to the former than to the latter, the second loreal being as high and short as in the most tjq^ical E. latiscutatus. In fact, the onl}^^ difference I can see consists in the presence of a post- nasal in the latter, in this respect agreeing with E. 'marginatus. The latter I regard as less closely related to the other tw^o than these are among themselves. For further remarks on this subject see above (p. 194). Description (figs. 182-183).—1/«7<'; :M College Museum, Tokyo, No. 20a); Taipa, October, 1896; T. Tada, collector. Rostral high, rather narrow, the portion visible from above slightly smaller than fi'onto-nasal; supranasals broadly in. contact behind ros- tral; nostril in the anterior portion of a single nasal w^hich is nmcli higher in front than behind; no postnasal; fronto-nasal much broader than long, not in contact with ros- tral, but with frontal; prefrontals smaller than fronto-nasal, not in contact with each other, but with both loreals, upper preocular and anterior supraocular; anterior loreal higher than the posterior, in contact with supranasal, nasal, first and second suprala- bials; posterior loreal pentagonal, as high as wide, in contact with second and third supra- labials(on left side also barely toucliing fourth); frontal longer than parietals, longer than its distance from tip of snout, anteriorly a little wider than behind, in contact wdth three supraoculars; four supraoculars, second largest; six or seven super- ciliaries; fronto-parietals smaller than interparietal, w^hich is as long as the parietals and broadly in contact behind with the nuchals; parietals not in contact behind the interpa
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