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Riley. It was found by Doctor *Richinond and myself at Santiago 

 de Cuba in 1900, and Palmer, in 1902, coUected it at San Luis and 

 Baracoa. 

 The colors of a specimen coUected at Santiago de Cuba 



(No. 26769, U.S.N.M., collector's No. 9078) are as fol- 

 lows: Upper side vinaceus cinnamon with a coppery 

 gloss; head more cinnamon; tail with blackish cross- 

 bars narrowly edged with white posteri- 

 orly ; from nostrils through eye along sides 

 of neck and body to above and behind in- 

 sertion of hind leg a broad blackish-brown 

 band narrowly edged with pale above and 

 below; upper labials, suboculars, and lower 

 temporals to ear white; below whitish; 

 throat and fore neck with numerous gray 

 dots; lower labials dusky. 



CELESTUS DE LA SAGRA (Cocteau). 



Figs. 68 to 70. 



Fig. 66. — Leiocephalus macroptjs. 

 2 X NAT. SIZE. No. 26769, U.S.N.M. 

 Santiago DE Cuba.— 67 represents 



A HEAD LENGTH OF SCALES ON MID- 

 DLE OF BACK OF SAME INDIVIDUAL, 

 4 X NAT. SIZE. 



The portion of de la Sagra's great work 



on Cuba, which treated of the lizards was pubhshed before the end 



of the year 1838. On the other hand, the fifth volume of Dum6ril 



and Bibron's Erpetologie 

 G6nerale did not appear 

 until late in 1839 (the 

 "Avertissement" is dated 

 Oct. 1, 1839), and Coc- 

 teau's name for this spe- 

 cies has a year's priority 

 over their emendation of 

 it. 



Only one specimen of 

 this slippery species was 

 brought home by Palmer 

 and Riley. It was taken 

 at Cabanas, on May 15, 

 1900. The museum, 



about the same time obtained a specimen from Mr. J. W. Daniel, jr., 



collected at Matanzas. 



AMEIVA AUBERI Cocteau. 



Figs. 71 to 76. 



This species is usually described as having the gular scales uniform 

 and minutely granular. This is also the condition in a large number 



Figs. 68-70.— Celestus de la sagka. 2 x nat. size. 

 U.S.N.M. CabaSas. 



No. 27647, 



