LACERT1LIA. 



Varanus albigularis (Daud). 



Two specimens. 



Better An, Cuban, south of Toyo Plain. 



LACERTID^:. 

 Eremias brenneri Peters. 



Two specimens. 

 Better An, Cuban. 



Lastastia carinata (Peters). 



One specimen. 

 The Hand. 



The color of the specimen has much faded. Some irregular 

 dark spots on the sides, but without traces of "large blue ocelli.'' 



Mabuia varia (Peters). 



Durban Cuban. 



One specimen. 



The tail is scarcely as long as the head and body. Brown 

 dorsal and lateral bands. The lateral bands are separated from 

 the dorsal by narrow white bands. 



Lyogsoma akeleyi sp. nov.. 



Berbera. 



Two specimens. 



Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril directly over the suture between 

 the rostral and the first labial; a post nasal; three loreals, the 

 anterior one in contact with the second and third labials; supra- 

 nasals in contact behind the rostral; fronto-nasal slightly broader 

 than long, and in contact with the frontal; no fronto parietals. 



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