LIZARDS. 17 



<£. Young, in spirits. First sul3orbital shield smaller to the sutuie 

 between the third and fourth upper labial. Black, with a nar- 

 row white band and edges of the head-shields. 



e. Half-grown, stuffed. 



/. Adult, in spirits. Partly bleached. 

 Lacerta Teguexin, Shaiu, B. M. 



g. Adult, in spirits. Olive, black-spotted, with rows of black- 

 edged white spots. Demerara. Presented by Col. Sabine, R.E. 



2. Callopistes, Gravenh. Aporomera, Dum. et Bib. 



Toes 5-5, slightly compressed, the hinder rather tubercular on 

 the inner edge ; femoral pores none ; teeth separate ; tongue not 

 sheathed at the base ; palate toothed ; cheek-teeth compressed, 

 arched, the hinder lobed; nostrils between 2 plates; ventral plates 

 small, oblong, 4 -sided, smooth, rather longer than broad ; tail 

 slightly 4-sided. 



The Yellow-spotted Callopistes. Callopistes flavipunc- 

 tata. Aporomera flavipunctata, Dum. et Bib. E. Gen. v. 72. — 

 Seba,\. 174, t. 110,/. 4, 5. 



Brownish black, yellow-dotted. 



Inhab. 



The Eyed Callopistes. Callopistes celestis. Ameiva celes- 

 tis, D^Orbig. Voy. A. M. t. o,f. 6. Aporomera oruata, Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. v. 76. 



Olive, with 4 series of white-edged black spots. 

 «, b. In spirits. Tail orange beneath. Chili. From Mr. Bridge's 



collection. 



b. Abdominal shields smooth, broader than long. Thighs shielded 



beneath. Ameivina. 



3. Ameiva, Cuv. Cnemidophorus part, Wagler. 

 Cnemid. sect. A. Weigm. 



Toes 5-5 ; femoral pores distinct ; teeth tricuspid ; the palate 

 toothed or toothless ; tongue very long, narrow, contractile, and 

 slightly sheathed under the glottis, with very long filiform tips. 



* Ventral shields 14 — IS-rowed, caudal scales elongate, keeled. 



The Larger Ameiva. Ameiva major, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 

 177. 



Heel simple ; ventral shields 16 or 18 rowed. 

 Inhab. Cayenne, (Mus. Paris). 



The Pale-headed Ameiva. Ameiva punctata. Gray, Ann. 

 N. H. i. 277. 



Ventral shields 14-rowed ; the scales of the hinder sides of the 

 arm above the elbow rather larger rhombic, above the hind heel 



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