214 KEPTILES. 



rather the largest ; scales of back moderate, rhomboidal, strongly 

 keeled ; of the sides nearly smooth ; of the throat and belly entire. 



a. In spirits. Green. Chili, Valparaiso. Presented by Charles 



Darwin, Esq. 

 6, c. In spirits. Chili. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



The Dotted LEioLiEMUs. Leiolaemus tenuis. Proctotretus 

 tenuis, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 279. Voy. a Pol. Sud. t. 2* f. 2. 

 Bell, Zool. Beagle, Rept. 7, t. 3,/. 2. L. punctatus, Gray, B. M. 

 1836. 



Olive, black and green dotted, back with 2 series of short arch- 

 ed black cross bands ; head pyramidical ; ears large, with a pro- 

 minence on the front edge ; the eyebrows scaly, with 4 squarish 

 shields ; cheek-scales in one series ; sides of neck and the hinder 

 part of the thighs granular ; scales of the back small, rhomboidal, 

 blunt, feebly keeled ; of the sides smaller, smooth, entire. 



a, h. In spirits. Olive, with interrupted brown arched cross bands, 



partly bleached. Valparaiso. Presented by Charles Darwin, 



Esq. 



L. tenuis. Bell, 

 c. In spirits. Olive, green and black dotted. Chili, Valparaiso. 



Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 



L. pictus. Bell, MS. B. M. P part, Bibron. 

 d—f. In spirits. Olive, green and black dotted, forehead-shields 



small. Chili. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 

 ff, k. Like d and e, but forehead-shield larger. Chili. Presented 



by J. E. Gray, Esq. 

 i,j. Adult, in spirits. Very large, discoloured, blackish. Chili. 



From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



The Hebrew-marked Leiol^mus. Leiolaemus signifer. 

 Proctotretus signifer, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 288, t. 39,/. 2. Bell, 

 Zool. Beagle, 8, t. 4,/. 1. 



Fulvous grey, with 4 series of letter-like black marks ; head 

 short ; ears rather small, with 2 small tubercles on the lower part 

 of the front ; cheek-scales in 1 (or 2 ?) rows ; scales of the back 

 small, numerous, rhomboidal, rounded behind, flatly keeled and 

 not pointed ; of the sides smooth, rather convex ; of the throat 

 and belly not nicked ; of the hinder part of the thighs uniformly 

 granular. 



Inhab. Peru. Mus. Paris, 1 specimen. 



The Small-scaled Leiol^mus. Leiolaemus maculatus. 

 Tropidurus maculatus. Gray, B. M. 1836. 



Olive, with cross series of black-edged white spots; head rather 

 depressed, shields smooth, flat; superciliary shields 5-5, many-sid- 

 ed; interparietal plate roundish, distinct, with 2 pair of rather lar- 

 ger occipital plates behind it; cheek-scales l-rowed; ear with a 

 prominence on the front edge ; scales of the back small, rhombic, 



