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Genus POLYCHRUS Cuvier 



POLYCHRUS ACUTIROSTRIS Spix 



1825. Polychrus acutirostris Spix, Spec. Nov. Lacert. Brasil., p. 15 (type 

 locality, Bahia, Brazil). 



Paraguay.— Thvee specimens, No. 58619 from the Hurter collec- 

 tion, and Nos. 4937 and 12182, collected by Captain Page. 



POLYCHRUS FEMORALIS Werner 



1910. Polychrus femoralis Webneb, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, Jahrb. 

 Hamburg, Wiss. Anst, vol. 27, beiheft 2, p. 21 (type locality, Guaya- 

 quil, Ecuador). 



Ecuador.— One specimen. No. 12271, a topofype from Guayaquil, 

 which agrees well with the characters set forth in the original 

 description. The ventral scales are unicarinate as in marvioratus. 



POLYCHRUS MARMORATUS (Linnaeus) 



1758. Lacerta marmorata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 208 (type 



locality, America). 

 1820. Polychrus marmorafus Mebrem, Syst. Amphib.. p. 48. 



Brazil. — Two specimens. No. 6011 from the Amazon Basin col- 

 lected by Lieutenant Herndon, and No. 58430 from S. Leopoldina, 

 the latter from the Hurter collection. 



Surinam. — One specimen, No. 11044. collected by C. J. Hering 

 in May, 1881. 



Tri7iidad.— Thvee specimens, No. 5791, collected by T. Gill, and 

 Nos. 17725-26. taken at Port of Spain, by Mr. Eoger Welles on 

 August 25, 1891. 



VeTiezuela.-Five specimens, No. 27783 from Macuto collected by 

 M. W. Lyon, jr., Nos. 22520-21, secured on Margarita Island on 

 July 14, 1895, by W. Robinson, and Nos. 27784-85 from Cururuti at 

 3,000 feet elevation on July 7, 1900, by M. W. Lyon, jr. 



Genus PROCTOTRETUS Dumeril and Bibron 



1837. Proctotretus Dumeril and Bibron. Erp. Gen., vol. 4. p. 266 (type species, 



P. pectinatns Dnmeril et Bibron). 

 1857. Saccodeira Gibakd, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 197 (type 



species, S. ornatissiina Girard). 



PROCTOTRETUS AZUREUS (Muller) 



1882. Tropidocephalus azureus MtJLLER. Verb. Nat. Ges. Basel, vol. 7, pp. 160- 



161 (type locality, Uruguay). 

 1885. Saccodeira azurea Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, p. 160. 



Uruguay.— One topotype, No. 65535. from Cerro Largo, collected 

 by F. Felippone. 



