22 REPTILES. 



Daud. R. iii. 183. Holbrook, N. A. Herp. i. 63, t. 6. Ameiva li- 

 neata, var. 3, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 287. 



Nostrils within the edge of the nasal plate ; first upper labial 

 plate 4-sided, narrower above; olive, with 3 or 4 yellow streaks on 

 each side ; the front of the fore arm with 2 or 3 series of shields. 



Var. I. Fore arm with 2 series of shields ; preanal plates 3 ; 

 occipital plate variable. 



a — c. Half-grown, in spirits, partly bleached. N. ? America. 

 d. Young, in spirits. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 y. Young. Preanal shields rather irregular. N. America. From 



Mr. Drummond's collection. 



Var. 2. Front of the fore arms with 3 series of shields ; prea- 

 nal plates 2, one before the other, (hinder 2 soldered ?). 

 €. Half-grown, in spirits, partly bleached. 

 /. Young, in spirits. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 



The Lizard-like Taraguira. Cnemidophorus lacertinoides, 

 Lhim. et Bib. E. G. v. 134. 



Nostrils within the edge of the nasal plate ; front upper labial 

 plate quadrilateral ; the upper part of the fore arm with 2 series 

 of shields : olive or blue, with 2 yellow streaks with a series of 

 black spots between them on each side. 



a. Chili, Monte Video. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



*** Fore arm ? Ventral shields 8-roived. 



Deppe's Taraguira. Cnemidophorus Deppii, Weigm. H. 

 Mex. 29. 



"Ashy with 8 pale greenish streaks, sides spotless; scales of the 

 chin small, of the middle of the throat larger, of the middle of the 

 fold moderate, imbricate, rhombic ; the front upper labial shield 

 denticulated ; male not spurred." 



Inhab. Mexico. Mus. Berlin. 



Sack's Taraguira. Cnemidophorus Sackii, Weigm. H. 

 Mex. 29. 



" Greenish, with black brown cross bands and 2 pale streaks ; 

 scales of the throat subequal, small, oblong, of the middle of the 

 fold moderate, imbricate.'' 



Inhab. Mexico. Mus. Berlin. 



The Spotted Taraguira. Cnemidophorus guttatus, Weigm. 

 H. Mex. 29. 



" Ashy, throat with white longitudinal spots, sides olive, black- 

 ish, spotless, edged with 2 streaks; scales of the middle of the 

 throat larger, of the middle of the fold large, nearly rhombic, im- 

 bricate." 



Inhab. Mexico. Mus. Berlin. 



