138 THE HERPETOLOGY OF CUBA. 



fifteen lamellae under phalanges II and III of the fourth toe; tail short, cylin- 

 drical, covered with small uniform keeled, imbricating scales, no verticils; 

 postanal plates scarcely if at all enlarged. 



Colour (in life) : — Light mauve-gray with stripes of darker upon the sides 

 of the head and irregular cross-bars upon the back and tail, sides with scattered 

 blotches and fine scattered dark dots on the ventrolateral region. Belly bluish 

 white, throat and under side of tail spotted. Dewlap apricot-yellow. 



Dimensions: — Total length 64 mm. 



Tip of snout to vent 28 mm. 



Vent to tip of tail 36 mm. 



Width of head 6 mm. 



Fore leg 10 mm. 



Hind leg 14 mm. 



This species is a rare denizen of the deep mountain forests. It is very 

 beautiful in fife. The type came from the Sierra de Yateras. It has been 

 found upon Monte Libano and at Belona (Ramsden). These with the example 

 described are the only specimens known with definite data. 



27. Anolis LUCIUS Dumeril & Bibron. 

 Plate 6, fig. 4; 

 Coronel. 



Diagnosis: — A rather large, long hmbed Anolis, ashy gray in colour, with 

 a dark chevron-Uke band upon the nape and a pure white occipital spot. 



Description: — Adult cf M. C. Z. 8,496. Cuba: Matanzas, Abra del 

 Rio Yumuri, 1913. Thomas Barbour. 



Top of head with two slightly converging ridges, enclosing a rather deep 

 trench-like depression; about six small scales between the ridges w'here they 

 are farthest apart; head-scales, some smooth, some rough or some rather dis- 

 tinctly keeled; eight or nine scales in a row between the nostrils; supraocular 

 semicircles broadly in contact, with large median scales; occipital about two 

 thirds size of ear opening, separated from the supraocular semicircles by two or 

 three rows of small fiat scales ; supraocular disc consisting of about ten enlarged 

 flat, polygonal scales, separated from the semicircles by three rows of very 

 small scales; can thus rostralis consisting of five elongate, prominent scales, 

 continued posteriorly they form a superciliary ridge which extends to over the 



