1. Autodax lugubris farallonensis subsp. nov.
Plate II.
Anaides lugubris Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 24, 1882, p. 158 [part].
Autodax lugubris Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 34, 1889, p. 185 [part]; Keeler, Zoe, v. 3, 1892, p. 154.
Diagnosis.—Similar to Autodax lugubris Hallow, but yellow spots more numerous and often larger.
Type.—Cal. Acad. Sci. No. 3731, South Farallon Island, Charles Fuchs, February 8, 1899.
Description of Type.—Head elongate, depressed, with truncate, protruding snout; nostril small, a little above and behind the corner of snout, with groove running down to edge of lip, separated from its fellow and from orbit by length of eye-slit; lip margin long and undulating; maxillary and mandibular teeth large; palatine teeth small, in series running back from each inner nostril and forming a V-shaped figure; a large well-defined patch of parasphenoid teeth divided by a slight median groove and posterior notch; tongue large, long, ovate, with a small posterior notch, free except along the median line; neck short, somewhat constricted, a well-developed gular fold; body subfusiform, diminishing toward both extremities; 13 transverse costal grooves between limbs, extending from a short distance from vertebral line entirely across belly; tail conical with similar transverse grooves; limbs well-developed, posterior longer than anterior, toes overlapping when adpressed; digits 4-5, well-developed, nearly free, with slight terminal disc-like expansion; third finger longest, first short, second and fourth nearly equal; first toe short, second and fifth and third and fourth nearly equal; skin everywhere smooth, but dotted with the mouths of small glands.
Color above smoky seal-brown, lightest on the snout and limbs, dotted, spotted and blotched with pale straw-yellow on top and sides of head, neck, body, limbs and tail; largest blotches, on sides of neck, 2 by 4 millimetres. Lower surfaces dirty yellowish white.
Length to anus 72[1] 38 58 66 67 75 Length of tail 64 33 50 52 56 71 Snout to gular fold 20 11 17 18 19 20 Nostril to orbit 4 2½ 3 4 3½ 4 Fore limb 21 13 18 19 20 22 Hind limb 24 15 20 20 22 24
| Length to anus | 72[1] | 38 | 58 | 66 | 67 | 75 |
| Length of tail | 64 | 33 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 71 |
| Snout to gular fold | 20 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Nostril to orbit | 4 | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 4 |
| Fore limb | 21 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 |
| Hind limb | 24 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
Sixteen specimens were collected by Mr. Fuchs on South Farallon Island, February 8, 1899, and four by Mr. L. M. Loomis, July 9, 1896. They were found under piles of loose stone.
The spots on the type specimen are larger and somewhat more numerous than on any of the others.
San Miguel Island.
I know of no records of reptiles or amphibians from San Miguel Island. Two species of lizards and a Batrachoseps were secured on this island by Mr. R. H. Beck while collecting for the California Academy of Sciences.
1. Batrachoseps pacificus Cope.