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a more or less intense brown. Though very active in their move- 

 ments they are readily approached and captured, but have an un- 

 comfortable habit of seeking shelter among the thick clumps of a 

 very spiny Agave." 



Anolis cinnamomeus sp. nov. Plate XII, fig. 6. 



Tail compressed, with enlarged median dorsal row ; ventral scales 

 keeled. A few keeled median dorsal rows nearly equal to ventrals, 

 but soon graduating into the smaller laterals. Caudal scales keeled. 

 Tibia shorter than head to ear ; extended hind leg reaching to eye. 

 Fifteen laminae on second and third joints of posterior fourth toe. 

 Occipital plate equal to auricular meatus, and separated from supra- 

 orbitals by three roAvs of scales. Supraorbitals in contact with each 

 other, the anterior separated from the canthal row by two large scales. 

 Between the latter is a shallow basin containing two series of scales. 

 Three canthal scales. Between them on the front part of the muzzle 

 may be counted seven scales, of which the median is large, being one 

 of a median longitudinal row. Scales of muzzle smooth. Supra- 

 ocular few, only six large ones and a few small ones at their external 

 border ; not, or faintly keeled, and separated from the supraorbitals 

 by a single row of small scales. Five and four rows of loreal scales. 

 The muzzle is of intermediate length. 



Color above brown ; sides pale brown ; inferior surfaces pale. 

 Back, sides and throat speckled with rather coarse black dots, which 

 are on the back rather frequently fused into short lines both longitu- 

 dinal and transverse. A black spot on the loreal region ; the lower 

 eyelid dark. Top of muzzle in front of orbits pale. 



Length from muzzle to vent, 45 mm. ; to posterior line of ears, 13 

 mm.; of fore limb, 19 mm.; of hind limb, 24 mm.; of hind foot, 

 15 mm. 



This rather small species is allied to the A. cybotes and the A. 

 moorei. It agrees with the latter in the character of its scales, but 

 differs from both in the small number of both the supraocular plates, 

 and the subdigital lamellae, and in the contact of the supraorliital 

 plates, and the reduced number of the scales on the muzzle. It is 

 darker colored than the A. moorei, but is similarly speckled with 

 black. 



Two specimens were collected by Mr. Moore, which from the small 

 size of their fans I suspect to be females. 



