hard Zwefel Aug. 12, 1839 a minute or so but it escaped. The second one was found under a rock at the base of a tree (dead) on a small basaltic outcropping. This one is captured. It is a small skink (5v mm) with a brilliant blue tail. The lines on the head which would be expected to be white, are reddish orange. There is no mid-dorsal line; the dorso-lateral and lateral light lines fade out at about mid-body; the former slightly before the latter. The area between the dorsolateral and lateral lines is black; that between the dorsolateral line is light brown. This beast seems to be Eumeces calliophalus. Rana pipiens were common about one of the larger pools. No other frogs were seen. Newly transformed Bufo punctatus were commonly observed both along the trail to Cignigitas and at Cignigitas. Rather surprising to see these little toads out in the daytimes and away from water. An Oxybelis was taken crawling rapidly across grassy, open ground between us (acacia?). This was on the trail to Cignigitas. At Cignigitas I found a large (5') Drymarchus within cypress at a pool edge.