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much smaller series merging rapidly into the surrounding granules ; no 

 enlarged postbrachials ; femoral pores 22 and 23; anterior face of thigh 

 covered with four to six rows of enlarged fiat scales; four tibial rows, 

 the external row composed of six scales, of which the second and third 

 are much larger than the others ; no enlarged postanals ; seven enlarged 

 plates at the anterior border of the anus, the median and the outer- 



FiGURE 80. — Ameiva chrysolaema affinis: a, Top of head; b, side of head; c, throat and chin. 

 U.S.N. M. No. 67111, from Momance, Haiti. Twice natural size. 



most the smallest, with a pair of enlarged scales in front of these and 

 a pair of smaller ones in front of them; 46 scales in the fifteenth ver- 

 ticil of the tail. The hindleg being adpressed, the fourth toe reaches 

 to the anterior corner of the eye. Hands and feet long and slender; 

 the small combs very evident on the toes; fourth toe with 48 lamellae 

 beneath it; fiftli toe slightly longer than first. Tail two and a half 

 times the length of the head and body, not noticeably depressed in its 

 proximal portion, the scales straight, strongly keeled above, faintly 

 on the sides, and beneath on the distal portion. 



