brouyht from Cuba by Mr. MacLeay. Ill 



fin-like crest. Nostrils above the keel on the muzzle, the ventral 

 shields imbricate. 



1. Xiphosurus velifer. Anolis velifer, Cuv. R. A. t. 5. f. 1. 

 A. Cuvieri, Merrem. Sides with a black spot. 



2. Xiphosurus Ricordii. Anolis Ricordii, Dum. and Bibr. iv. 167. 

 Sides with two broad black streaks. 



II. Dactvloa. 

 The penultimate joint of the toes dilated, the back and tail with 

 a crest formed of a series of compressed scales ; ventral scales flat, 

 imbricate. 



* Scales small, granular, convex. 



1. Dactyloa Edwardsii = Anolus Edwardsii, Merrem, Edwards 

 Glean. Head flat, shields keeled, green with 4 or 5 pale cross 

 bands. 



**■ Scales large, fiat, not imbricate. 



2. Dactyloa equest?*is = Le grand Anolis a echarpe, Cuv. R. A. 

 ii. t. 5. f. 2. Lacerta major e viridi cinerea dorso crista breviore 

 donata, Shane Jam. 333. t. 232. f. 2. Anolius equestris, Merrem 

 =A. Rhodola?mus, Bell Zool. Jour. ii. 285. t. 20. Supp. Head tu- 

 bercular ; shields conical, green ; throat, pouch, and streak over the 

 shoulder white. 



Inhab. Cuba. 



This species was first figured and described by Sloane in his Hi- 

 story of Jamaica, and afterwards by Cuvier in his Animal Kingdom, 

 and more lately Mr. Bell has described it as a new species under the 

 name of A. Rhodolcemus. It appears to be common to several of the 

 West Indian Islands as well as Cuba. Sloane's specimen was found 

 in Jamaica. 



" Basks on the trunks of trees in the same way as the next, called 



the Chamceleon, and may like it be made to live in confinement." — 



W. S. M. 



III. Cham^eleolis, Cocteau. 



The penultimate joint of the toes dilated, back and nape with a 

 crest formed of a series of compressed scales. Ventral scales small, 

 convex, granular. 



1. Ckamteleolis Fernandince, " Coct. H. Nat. Cub., t. 12."= Anolis 

 Chameeleonides Dum. and Bibr. iv. 168. 



Inhab. Cuba. 



This species was first described by Messrs. Dumeril and Bibron 

 from specimens sent from Cuba by M. Sagra. 



Like the Chameleons the chin and belly are crested beneath, but 



