LIZARDS. 19 



a. Half-grown, in spirits. Demerara. 



b. Half-grown, in spirits. Brazils. From M . Clausen's collection. 



c. Adult, in spirits. 



d. Half-grown, in spirits. 



e,/. In spirits. Pernambuco. Presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



The Shielded Ameiva. Ameiva scutata. 



Shields of hinder part of arm just above the elbow rhombic, ra- 

 ther larger ; fore feet with 2 or 3 tubercles ; heel of hind feet with 

 small granular scales behind ; the outer part of the under side of 

 the hind leg with 6 or 7 shields, the second and third largest, the 

 second nearly twice as large as the third, rest graduated ; preanal 

 shields in 3 rows, the 2 anterior moderate, central one behind the 

 other, with a cross row of 12 gradually diminishing scales behind 

 them. 



a. Young, in spirits. 



Plee's Ameiva. Ameiva Plei, Dum. et Bib. E. Gen. v. 114. 



Shields on the hinder part of the arm just above the elbow di- 

 lated transversely ; scales above and behind the heel small, granu- 

 lar ; the shields of the outer series under the hind legs very large, 



Inhab. St. Domingo and Martinique, (Mus. Paris). 



Sloane's Ameiva. Ameiva dorsalis, Gray^ Ann. N. H. i. 277. 

 Ameiva Sloanei, Dum. et Bib. E. Gen. v. 107. Ijacerta major, 

 &c. Sloane, Jam. ii. 333, t. 272,/. 3. Edivards, Birds, iv. t. 203. 



Shields of hinder part of arm just above the elbow 6-sided trans- 

 verse ; heel of the hind feet with a group of acutely tubercled scales 

 behind ; the temples are granular ; the hinder lower labials small, 

 separated from the gular shields by series of granular scales ; pre- 

 anal shields in 3 series, subequal; shields under the hinder legs 

 6 or 7, the second and third larger, the third the largest ; olive, 

 back with a pale streak commencing at the nape and becoming 

 gradually wider ; sides with a series of whitish spots. 



a. Half-grown, in spirits. Two front preanal shields one before 



the other. 



b. Half-grown, in spirits. Preanal shields in 3 series, the first of 



1, the second of 2 shields. Jamaica. Presented by R. Hew- 

 ard, Esq. 



MacLeay's Ameiva. Ameiva trilineata, Gray, Ann. N. H. 

 v. 114. 



Olive, with 3 pale streaks ; shields of the hinder part of the 

 fore arm just above the elbow rather dilated, rhombic; heel of the 

 hind feet with a small group of acute tubercles behind ; temple 

 granular ; the hinder lower labial and gular plates small, with 1 or 

 2 series of granular scales between them ; the second and third 

 shields on the outer part of the under side of the hind leg very 



