HERPETOLOftY OF PORTO RICO. (\C)S 



lip; a third ])lackisli line, Init con,sidcr!il)ly faiiitor, on lower edoe of 

 mandible, ))ein<^- more distinct between ear and shoulder; tlanks and 

 underside Naples-yellow, a stripe on upper lal)ials over ear to shoul- 

 der more primrose-3^ellow; on Hanks a series of ol)li([iu', (dong-ated 

 spots of brightest gamboge- yellow narrowly margined with blaek; 

 skin of dewlap bright crimson anteriorly verging into dark r(jse-pink, 

 posteriori}" into orange, the distant scales arranged in rows and 

 colored gamboge-yellow. 



Three specimens (No. 26800-2) collected at Oatano, near San Juan 

 (sea level), the next day were browner a])Ove and postocular streak 

 less dark; no 3"ellow spots on sides. 



An adult nude (No. 26801); L. S. No. DolS) collected at rue])lo Vie jo 

 (also near San Juan and at sea level) on February IT was ab<)\-e almost 

 olive-yellow, gradually fading into the pale waxy-yellow of the Ixdly; 

 head nearly tawny ochniceous; supralabials to oar primrose-3'ellow; 

 in continuation with this line a well-delined dusky ])and from ear to 

 loin sprinkled minutelv with gaml)oge-yellow and with se^el•al irreg- 

 ular cross markings of the same color on tlanks; tail and limbs faintly 

 crossbar red with dusky; a l)lack postocular spot, but a dark postocu- 

 lar band is only faintly indicated; dewlap crimson as in No. 26T!>!>. 



Another adtdt //ude, same localit}' and date (No. 26810), is similar, 

 but color above more dark olive, strongly contrasting with the flanks, 

 which are bright lndian-3'ellow; a few dusk}' specks in the olive- 

 colored area. 



In none of the above specimens was there an3' lateral pale band 

 beyond the shoulders. I have recorded two specimens, however, both 

 taken at Pueblo Viejo, the same locality as the ones descri])ed above, 

 on February l-i and IT, respectively, which had a light band on the 

 flanks when alive. Of these, No. 26808 (L. S. No. !»015) is quite y<><ni(j. 

 Above rich tawney brown, with irregular dusky markings; upper 

 mandible and a stripe over the ear to the shoulder sulphur-yellow, 

 continued behind to the groin, but duller ochre-yellow, and bordered 

 above and below by a dusky line; underside pale straw-yellow. 



The other specimen. No. 26811 (L. S. No. 9020"), .is quite similar to 

 Nos. 26809 and 26810, described al)ove, but upper side and flanks are 

 rather densety speckled with blackish; the supralabial-supraauricular 

 band is primrose-3"ellow to the shoulders and continues beyond as a 

 distinct gamboge-yellow ])and to the groin, the flaidvs underneath it 

 being pale olive with yellow, dusky-margined vertical markings like 

 No. 26T99; as in all tiie other specimens, the dewlap is crimson. 



Curiously enough this yellow lateral l)and, which in this species 

 appears to be exceptional, fades out entirel}' in the alc<diolic speci- 

 mens, while it is permanent in the allied A. hrugl. 



Habitat. — Anolis jpidclielltis., as mentioned above, is not confined to 

 Porto Rico, l)ut is recorded as numerous in the Virgin Islands, speci- 



