. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 422 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The case would perhaps be less complicated if we knew all the data relatins;- to the types of Guenther's //. atriceps. They seem to have a suthciently low number of ventrals to be included within IJ. nielano- cepJiala, but I can find no details relating to the ninnber of scales round the body. Guenther gives the number of scales around the neck as 26 and 28, respectively, consequently well within the limits oil), melano- cephala, and I have consequently referred them, provisionally at least, to
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 422 BULLETIN 58, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The case would perhaps be less complicated if we knew all the data relatins;- to the types of Guenther's //. atriceps. They seem to have a suthciently low number of ventrals to be included within IJ. nielano- cepJiala, but I can find no details relating to the ninnber of scales round the body. Guenther gives the number of scales around the neck as 26 and 28, respectively, consequently well within the limits oil), melano- cephala, and I have consequently referred them, provisionally at least, to lli(> latter rather tlian to .,.;; 3:;<( Boettger's //. fascia- tus, frcmi ''Miyakoshi- ma," with 27 scales round the neck, 38 round the body, and 355 ventrals, is clearly iden- tical with the twenty- one specimens from the same locality now be- fore me. With regard to my Disteira orien talis, which was based upon specimens with poste- rior maxillary teeth plainly showing grooves under a low magnification, and consequently believed then to belong to a different genus, see remarks above under the genus (p. 418). Description {iigs. 33H--347).—Adult female; ^.M. No. 33945; Ishigaki shima, Yaeyama group, Riu Kiu archipelago; April-May,. Figs. 338-340.—Disteira melanocephala. 2 x nat. size. 338, TOP OF head; 339, SIDE OF HEAD; 340, rostral. No. 4, Sci. Coll. 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 not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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