30 OX WEST INDIAN REPTILES. 



Above and in front of the shoulder, below the dark spot, 

 there is another band of light color, and there are faint 

 indications of a third from each side of the occiput to the 

 nape. The lips are yellowish ; generally each bears a 

 series of dark spots, more or less numerous. Commonly 

 the head, from the hinder edge of the orbits forward above 

 the labials, is dark brown. The throat and neck are in 

 cases clouded by darker. The prominent marks are the 

 black spots above the axilla, the white patch in front of 

 the shoulder, the dark mark behind the ear, and the small 

 black specks. None of these specimens have series of 

 ocellate spots on the flanks. We have specimens of this 

 lizard from Nevis, also, where it is the "Blue lizard" ; this 

 raises the question as to the identity of Merrem's species 

 with Edwards' lizard from Jamaica. 



Anolis oculatus, sp. Cope, 1879. 



At several points on Dominica a lot of eighty-one spec- 

 imens was gathered. From them it is evident that the 

 species should not be united with A. bimaculatus of Sparr- 

 niiiii, although they discover a considerable amount of va- 

 riation. In color they range from light grey to nearly 

 uniform dark brown. On the majority the white marks 

 form transverse series of six to eight spots each. A spot 

 near the middle of the Hank in each series is larger and 

 more distinct than the others ; in this way a longitudinal 

 row is formed on each side which persists on specimens 

 from which the transverse series have faded. In cases 

 there is a short white; line from the shoulder backward ; 

 occasionally there is also a second, parallel to the first, 

 separate* I from it by a dark space. Above the shoulder, 

 and a little backward, there is usually a dark spot includ- 

 ing one of the white ones, often including a white one in 

 each side of it, and behind this a short distance another. 



