HERPETOLOGY OF PORTO RICO. 607 



Lid of .specimens uf Sph irrodaHijlnR gravdiKiptamix — Contimicil. 



SPHAERODACTYLUS MONENSIS" (Meerwarth). 



1901. SplKicrodacfijhts macrolepis a moneimt^ Meerwarth, Mitth. Natiirh. Mus. 

 Hamburg, XYIII, ]>. 20 (type locality, Mona Island; types, Ham- 

 burg Mus., nos. 1207a-l)). 



This form is diagnosed by Mr. Meerwarth as having 4:<> to 48 scale 

 rows around the body and as having- the scales on the upper side of 

 the snout imbricate. 



Through the kindness of the authorities of the Naturhistorische 

 Museum in Hamburg I was allowed to examine the two type speci- 

 mens. I found the scales decidedly smaller than in specimens of 

 S. macrolepis from St. Thomas, consequenth' still smaller than in 

 8. gr'andisquamis. The specimens are quite young and j^ale. On the 

 smallest there are indications of the shoulder band. The scales on the 

 chest are keeled. 



Hahitat. — This species seems to be confined to Mona Island, where 

 a couple of specimens were collected in 1891 by Mr. Bock and sent to 

 the museum in Hamburg. 



Genus MABUYA'' Fitzinger. 



1826. Spondylui-KS Fitzingkr, Neue Class. Rept., j). 23 (type Srinrus sloiuiii 



Daudin). 

 1826. Mahuya Fitzinger, Neue Class. Kept., \k 23 (type M. carinaia Fitzinger). 

 1830. Euprepis Wagler, Nat. Syst. .\mph., ]>. 161 (type H. imdfifdsciafits Kuhl). 

 1884. Euprepes WisGMAN-N, Herpet. Mex., \t. 36 (emended). 

 1845. Mahouya Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., p. 93 (emended). 

 1848. Elabiies GiSTEh, Naturg. Thierr., it. ix (subst. ior Euprepiii Vt^AGhER) 

 1862. Mabuia Cove, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1862, p. 185 (emended). 



« Jl/o?;en.sjs=from Mona Island. 



^A word of Carib origin applied to several kinds of lizards. 



