. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 590 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. stripes of the same tint on each side. The external three of these are homologous with those of the G. tessellatus perplexus and the C. sex- lineatus, and the additional five are median and equidistant from the other stripes and from each other. There are no spots on any part of the body, head, tail, or limbs. This si^ecies diifers from the young specimens of the ('. tessellatus of equal size, in the sma


. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 590 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. stripes of the same tint on each side. The external three of these are homologous with those of the G. tessellatus perplexus and the C. sex- lineatus, and the additional five are median and equidistant from the other stripes and from each other. There are no spots on any part of the body, head, tail, or limbs. This si^ecies diifers from the young specimens of the ('. tessellatus of equal size, in the small number of its pores, and in the absence of spots on the hind limbs and sides, as well as in the additional pair of median longitudinal stripes. The single known specimen is appar- ently adult, and is about equal in size to a half-grown C. iesselatiis, and smaller than the C. Fig. 113. Cnemidophorus octolineatus Baibd. X Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Cat. No. .W09, Cnemidophorus octolineatus Band. Catalogue No. Number of speci- mens. Locality. From -whom received. Nature of specimen. 3009 1 Pesquieria Grande, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Lieutenant Couch, U. S. A .. Alcoholic. CNEMIDOPHORUS INORNATUS Baird. Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858 (December), p. 255; Rept. U. S. Hex. Bound. Sur., II, 1859, Pt. 2, Kept., p. 10.—Cope, Check List Batr., Rept. N. Amer., 1875, p. 45. Parietal and interparietal plates subequal; posterior supraorbital minute. Infralabials five, the last minute, the first pair in contact throughout. Brachial scales in six rows: femorals in only four or five. Femoral pores, lG-17. Hind limb extended reaches meatus auditorius. Scales round, projecting freely upwards posteriorly on the middle line, so as to produce a rough Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may n


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