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larger. Abdominal scales rounded, smooth ; those of the extremities smooth. 

 Occipital plate not in contact with superciliaries ; the latter are in contact 

 medially, and number six or seven on each side ; tbe anterior pair is much 

 the longest, and enclose a subtriangular plate. The second plate on the facial 

 ruga is large, transverse ; tbe third is large and in contact with that of the 

 other side and with the third plate of the canthus rostralis. Anterior to them 

 is a median plate. The rest of the head plates are small, all are perfectly 

 smooth. Two or three loreal rows. Superior labials six. Palpebrals three 

 or four, transverse, forming an isolated disc. First infralabial large. Goitre 

 well developed. 



In alcohol, above brownish white, with two rows of brown spots on each 

 side ; occasionally a median series of dots. A short, median, nuchal band ; 

 two convergent lateral cervical bands ; a dark band between the eyes. Ex- 

 tremities brown banded. 



Habitat. Eastern Cuba, (estate of Monte Verde.) From a valuable collec- 

 tion made there by Mr. Chas. Wright. Mus. Academy Phila. and Smithsonian, 

 (No. 5098.) 



This species has an occasional large granular scale in place of the dermal 

 appendages of the loysianus. In that species the muzzle is more elon- 

 gate ; the third plate of the facial ruga is not in contact with that opposite, 

 or with that of the canthus rostralis ; the scales of the canthus are narrower. 

 There are four or five palpebral plates, never three. The coloration is also 

 different. 



Anolis (Ctenocercus) coelestinus. 



Size medium, form slender. Tail more than twice as long as head and 

 body, cylindrical, the vertebral series of scales largest. Abdominal scales 

 subquadrate, smooth, those of the baek and sides subequal, coarsely granu- 

 lar, smooth. No dorsal or nuchal dermal folds. The hinder extremity di- 

 rected forward reaches the ear ; the anterior, four-fifths the distance to the 

 groin. Digital expansions well developed. Goitre large ; a prebrachial fold. 

 Head elongate, front very little concave, nostrils latero-vertical close, to the 

 extremity of the muzzle. Canthus rostralis acute, straight, covered with 

 small scales ; facial ruga? none. Head plates all small, keelless. Seven in 

 the superciliary series, the posterior minute ; two rows of scales separate 

 those of one side from those of the other ; they are also well separated from 

 the occipital, which is small oval. Five loreal series. Eight superior labials ; 

 anterior infralabials small, keelless. Palpebrals small, scarcely keeled, sepa- 

 rated from the superciliaries by granules. Length of head and body 2 in. 6 lin.; 

 of posterior extremity 1 in. 4 lin. 



Color above bright bluish green (in alcohol), the extremities bluer. A white 

 or reddish band extends beneath the orbit, through the ear to a short distance 

 beyond the axilla. Above and behind the latter a large black spot extends 

 more or less posteriorly. A reddish tint sometimes pervades parts of the in- 

 ferior surfaces ; otherwise they are greenish white. Tibia and femur indis- 

 tinctly dark cross-banded. Postorbita) and sometimes the loreal and frontal 

 regions blackish. 



Habitat. Western Hayti. Specimens obtained by Dr. Weinland near 

 Jeremie (No. 1500 Mus., Compar. Zool.) have been kindly lent me by Prof. 

 Agassiz. 



This species takes the place of A. p ri n c ip ali s in Hayti. It is the 

 nearest ally of that species, but differs in important particulars, as the 

 smoothness of the abdominal and frontal plates, the smallness of the latter, 

 and the absence of facial rugse ; the digital expansions are less developed and 

 the nostrils are more anterior. 



Anolis (Anolis) c y b o t e s. 

 Size above medium ; form stout, head massive. Tail much compressed, ser- 



1862.] 



