440 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP [1894. 



chiefly among the dense masses of aerial roots which hang from the 

 trunks and branches of the Indian fig (Ficus indica), where it drives 

 the would-be collector almost to distraction by quietly slipping into au 

 ever present crevice just as his hand descends on the spot where, in 

 his mental image, it still rests. Its slender form and brown color 

 admirably fit it to its habitat. This species was also found just within 

 the entrance of a cave at Port Antonio. ' ' 



Anolis sagrae D. & B. 

 Port Lucea. 



Aristelliger praesignis Hallow. 



Port Morant. 



A small gecko, perhaps the young of this species, was taken by 

 Mr. Moore at Port Morant, about January 12, 1891. Its colors are 

 much more elegant than those of any specimen either adult or young 

 which I have seen, but the scale characters are "the same. The color 

 is light fawn, darker on the head; a dark band through the eye; lips 

 whitish spotted. A black scapular spot with a small, yellow center 

 on each side; behind it a delicate vertical yellow line. Narrow 

 vertical yellow lines on the sides, and indistinct brownish dorsal 

 cross-bars behind the middle of the length. Length of head and body 

 27 mm. 



Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus sp. nov. 



■ Lateral and anterior surfaces of rostral plate separated from 

 superior surface by a curved, solid right angle, which is not con- 

 tinued posteriorly. Dorsal scales about equal to ventrals, acute, im- 

 bricate, keeled. Scales of top of head similar but smaller. Ven- 

 tral and pectoral scales similar to dorsal, keeled. Tail covered 

 everywhere with similar scales, whose free apices give it a chaffy ap- 

 pearance. Eyelid covered from middle of front to superior posterior 

 border with large, chaffy scales which are larger than those on the 

 front. Upper part of rostral plate split. Labials \. Muzzle 

 short, its length from orbit equaling from orbit to auricular meatus. 

 Color dark marone above, below light reddish-brown, the colors 

 blending on the sides of the body, but separated by a sharp undulat- 

 ing line on each side of the tail. An indistinct, undulating pale 

 line extends from the neck on each side of the back and dorsal 

 surface of the tail, which sends short processes inward, especially on 

 the tail. This line is only clearly seen in the dead animal when it 



