LIZARDS. 119 



The Jamaica Camilia. Camilla Jaraaicensis. Tiliqua Ja- 

 maicensis, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 293, 



Olive; nape with 2, back with 8, base of tail with several, 

 narrow dark-edg-ed white cross lines; sides pale, with broad irre- 

 gular olive cross bands ; chin and beneath white ; head-shields 

 white, olive-varied ; tail white, with olive cross bands ; scales stri- 

 ated, olive, with a pale central line or slight keel. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Jamaica. 



45. DiPLOGLOssus. Diploglossus, part, Dum. et Bib. Weigm. 



Muzzle rounded, blunt. Nostril lateral, in the very small 

 nasal plate, supranasals 4, contiguous, frontoparietals 2, small, 

 interparietals distinct, frontonasals 2 or none. Tongue with scale- 

 like papillae in front and filiform ones behind. Teeth conical. 

 Palate toothless, with a longitudinal groove. Ears open, round, 

 simple-edged. Lower eyelid scaly. Body and tail subcylindrical, 

 elongate, sides rounded. Scales striated, sometimes with a central 

 keel. Limbs 4, strong, far apart. Toes b-5, unequal, short, cy- 

 lindrical. Palm and soles granular. Tail elongate, subcylindri- 

 cal, tapering. Preanal shields hexangular. 



* Frontonasal none. Toes short. Oneyda. 

 •\ Tail compressed. Scales keeled. 



Owen's Diploglossus. Diploglossus Owenii, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. V. 394. 



Fulvous, with numerous reddish grey streaks ; supranasals 

 contiguous, frontonasal shield none, nasal very small, frontoparie- 

 tals 2, veiy small, internasal large, triangular; tail elongate, com- 

 pressed ; toes short; scales with a small central keel and 15 deep 

 strige ; ear circular. 



Inhab. America. Mus. Col. Surg. n. 1111. 



ff Tail round. Scales keelless. 



Sagra's Diploglossus. Diploglossus Sagrae, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. V. Q02.—Coct. Sagra, Cuba, 180, t. 20. 



Bronzed grey, with a black streak on each side ; tail rather 

 4-sided ; toes short ; ear small ; scales with 4 feeble striae, not 

 keeled ; frontonasal plates none, supranasals 2 pair, contiguous, 

 internasal broad, superciliary shields 6-6, frontoparietals 2, small, 

 far apart, interparietal triangular. 



Inhab. Cuba. Mus. Paris ? 



Plee's Diploglossus. Diploglossus Pleii, Dum. et Bib. E. 

 G. V. 605. 



Fulvous, waved with brown, and with a brown streak on each 

 side ; tail rather 4 -sided ; ears large ; toes short ; scales not keel- 



