20 REPTILES. 



large, the second nearly as long as wide ; preanal shields 6, the 

 hinder 4 suhequal ; the outer series of abdominal shields small ; 

 occipital shields 3, large ; tail with a white streak on each side. 



a—c. Half-grown, in spirits. Cuba. Presented by W. S. Mac- 



Leay Esq. 

 d. Adult male. Spine on heel large. Cuba. Presented by W. 



S. MacLeay, Esq. 



Auber's Ameiva. Ameiva Auberi, Cocteau Sagra, Cuba Rept. 

 76, t. 6. Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 112. 



Shields of the hinder part of the fore arm above the elbow ra- 

 ther dilated ; heel of the hind feet with a group of acute tubercles 

 behind ; temples granular, shielded in front ; the hinder lower la- 

 bial shields few and large, without any granules between them and 

 the gular plates. 



Inhab. Cuba, Mus. Paris. 



^*^ Ventral shields '6-rowed. ( Caudal plates keeled ? ). 



The Waved Ameiva. Ameiva undulatus, Weigm. MSS. 

 Cnemidophorus undulatus, Weigm. H. Mex. 27. 



" Scales of the middle of the throat and mesoptychis very lafge, 

 shield-like, scarcely imbricate ; greenish, sides varied with black 

 and white spots." 



Inhab. Mexico. Mus. Berlin. 



The Murine Ameiva. Ameiva murinus, Weigm. Cnemido- 

 phorus murinus, Weigm. H. Mex. 27. 



" Scales of the chin and throat subequal, of the mesoptychis 

 rounded or ovate, many-sided; first upper labial shield entire; 

 sides and thighs white-spotted ; adult, back one-coloured, young, 

 bluish-green, with 8 pale streaks," 



Inhab. Surinam. Mus. Berlin. 



**** Ventral shields S-rcwed. Upper caudal plates rhomboidalj 



keclless. 



The Lined Amjiiva. Ameiva lineolata, Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 v. 119. 



The upper part of the back of the elbow with some rather lar- 

 ger rhombic scales; the second and third shields on the outer side 

 of the under part of the leg very large ; scales at the upper part of 

 the back of the heel small, granular. 



Inhab. St. Domingo. Mus. Paris, (1 spec.) 



4. Cnemidophorus, Wagler. — Dum. ^j- Bib. 



Toes 5-5 ; femoral pores distinct. Cheek-teeth compressed, 

 the hinder 3-lobed ; tongue short, base simple, rather dilated and 

 swollen, and with 2 rather short depressed tips ; palate toothed ; 

 intermaxillary teeth 6 ; nostrils in, or rather within the edge of, 

 the nasal plate. 



