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This species is evidently one of the medium sized forms, being consider- 

 ably larger than S. torrei from Cuba, of course far larger than S. elegans, 

 and not reaching to anything like the size of S. picturatus from Haiti, 

 S. asper from Andros or S. richardsonii from Jamaica which are the 

 largest species in the genus. In no one of the three examples before me 

 is the tail perfect, but the length of the largest specimen (Paratype in U. 

 of Mich. Mus.) from snout to vent is 30 mm. The type is not quite so 

 large, but all the specimens are evidently adult. 



1 have given this species the specific name of festus because the types 

 were caught on Independence Day, July 4, 1914. 



The larger Anolis from the Island of Antigua has been referred by 

 Boulenger to Anolis leachii.* This species was described in rather general 

 terms by Dumeril et Bibron from the Antilles, the types having no defi- 

 nite locality. AVhen I published my "West Indian Herpetology in 1914, 

 I located A. leachii on Guadeloupe, partly because it was very probable 

 that the Paris Museum would receive material from this formerly fiourish- 

 ing French Colony and partly because Boulenger has declared Anolis 

 ferreus Cope to be a synonym of leachii.i The type of A.ferreus in the 

 British Museum was said to have come from Guadeloupe. I had no 

 Guadeloupe specimens until Mr. Noble returned with a large series, fresh 

 and carefully preserved. They agree well with Cope's description of A. 

 ferreus, having weakly but distinctly keeled ventral scales, while Dumeril 

 et Bibron state definitely "Squames ventrales lisses, entuiUes." So that 

 it becomes evident that until the types of leachii, if they are still to be 

 found and are in usable condition, can be studied and compared with fresh 

 material with full data, the name will have to drop temporarily from use. 

 The Guadeloupe individuals may be called Anolis ferreus (Cope), while 

 those from Antigua which are very different may be known as Anolis 

 antiquae sp. nov. The specimens from Nevis in the British Museum 

 will probably be found to be the same as these in this Museum which 

 Garman has called A. bimaculatus. Having no topotypes from St. 

 Eustatius this allocation can not be considered of much authority. At 

 present the old name Anolis bimaculatus Sparrman must be retained for 

 topotypes from St. Eustatius, and perhaps for the Anoles from Nevis and 

 St. Kitts, it can not be considered the same as A. leachii on the evidence 

 given by Anderson.* Although it would be almost too good to be true to 

 see the name leachii, a veritable vagrant among names, buried in the 

 synonymy of bimaculatus. 



Anolis antiquae sp. nov. 



Type an adult male, M. C. Z. No. 10624, from near St. John, Antigua, 

 B. W. I., collected by G. K. Noble and F. R. Wulsin. 



Top of head with two diverging frontal ridges, which enclose a rather 

 broad shallow frontal hollow; head scales nearly flat, except those of the 



• Ann. Mag. N. H. 1894, ser. 6, 14. p. 375. 



+ Cat. Liz. B. 111., 2, 1385, p. 29. 



t Bib. Svensk. vet.-akad. Handl., 1900, 26, 4, 1, p. 27. 



