206 REPTILES. 



sided, swollen, smooth, of the back oblong, very finely granular, 

 smooth, not imbricate, of the belly square, imbricate, smooth; 

 eyebrows with a disk of 16 or 20 small angular scales ; nape, back 

 and tail not crested ; tail very long and slender, 4-sided, rounded 

 at the base ; blue, with a dorsal series of black spots, white-dotted 

 on the sides, and with black specks on the sides of the belly and 

 limbs. 



Inhab. Brazils. Mus. Paris, 2 specimens. 



The Red-throated Anolis. Anolius bullaris. Lacerta bul- 

 laris, Linn. S. N. 368. Cateshy, Carol, i. t. QQ. Lacep. Q. O. ii. 

 401. A. chlorocyanus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 117. 



Head pyramidical, 4-sided, rather depressed, nearly flat above; 

 scales of the head subequal, not keeled, those over the orbit's edge 

 broader, separated by 1 or 2 series of small scales ; ears small ; 

 nape and back not crested ; the tail thick, rather depressed at the 

 base, then compressed, and slightly dentated above ; scales of the 

 back and sides equal, suboval, subgranular, not imbricated, of the 

 central dorsal series rather the largest, of the belly smooth, squar- 

 ish, 6-sided, imbricate; behind the vent are 2 large flat square 

 smooth plates ; greenish blue, uniform. 



Inhab. Martinique. Mus. Paris, 1 specimen. 



Valencienne's Anolis. Anolius Valenciennii, Dum. et Bib. 

 E G.\\'. 131. 



Head elongate, depressed, flat above; head-shields flat, smooth; 

 eyebrow with a disk of 4 smooth shields ; the plates of the upper 

 orbital ridge soldered together ; ears very small ; the throat-pouch 

 large ; nape and back not crested ; scales of the back and sides 

 moderate, equal, oval, rounded, flat and smooth, not imbricate, of 

 the belly 4-sided, smaller than those of the back, flat, smooth, and 

 rather imbricate ; tail compressed, serrated above. 



Inhab. ? Mus. Paris, 1 specimen, presented by Dr. 



Leach. 



27. AcANTHOLis, Cocteau. 



Head large, subquadrangular. Head-shields large, angular. 

 Throat with an extensile pouch. Back, nape and tail not crested. 

 Scales of the back and sides flat, smooth, placed side by side, not 

 imbricate, and intermixed with tubercles, of the belly smooth, im- 

 bricate. Tail conical, elongate, tapering. Femoral and preanal 

 pores none. Toes unequal, antepenultimate joint dilated, oval, 

 with imbricate plates beneath. Claws b-b. 



The AcANTHOLis. Acantholis Loysiana, Cocteau^ in Sagra., 

 Cuba, 141, t. Comptes Rend. 1836, 226. Diim. et Bib. E. G. iv. 

 100. 



Bluish white, with a series of triangular brown spots on each 



