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have lost one, two or three phalanges. This may have a natural cause, since 

 the allied genus Panolopus is deprived of these members entirely, though with 

 well developed limbs. 



From Gonave Island, near Hayti. From Thos. Younglove. The reptiles 

 found by this correspondent in this Island are : 



Homalochilus fasciatus Fisch., Diploglossus weinlandii Cope, 



Dromicus parvifrons Cope. {D. pro- Diploglossus ?stenurus Cope, 



teiius Jan), Ameiva chrysolffima Cope, 



Uromacer catesbyi D. B., Trachycephalus marraoratus D. B., 



Uromacer oxyrhynchus D. B., Lithodytes lineatus Grav., 



Liocephalus. 



Celestus occiduus Gray, Catal. Lacerta occiduus Shaw. Diploglossus Shawii 

 Dum. Bibr., Erp. Gen. v, 590. 

 Jamaica. Mus. Smithsonian. 



Cblestus impressus Cope, spec. nov. 



This is an elongate species with a tail cylindric for its proximal half, a little 

 depressed at base ; the body is quite cylindric and the limbs short. The ear 

 is large and the head abruptly widened at the temples. The muzzle is short 

 and flat, and the superciliary regions are slightly elevated above the frontal 

 plane. Loreal region grooved. Ten upper labials, of which the eighth rises 

 between suboculars. Postnasal distinct, prefrenal much higher than long, 

 frenal square, two preoculars. Scales with equal keels, their hinder halves 

 depressed. 



The limbs appressed to the sides fail to meet by the length of the anterior 

 without the hand. 



In. Liu. In. Lin. 



Length to posterior edge ear... 10-2 Length fore limb 11-66 



" to axilla 19.75 " hind limb 15-3 



" to vent 3 8-'75 " tail (reproduced) 5 9- 



Color above olivaceous, below yellowish. Back and sides crossed by about 

 18 narrow brown bars, which are three times broken and alternating on each 

 side the middle line. Tail ci'oss-lined, throat and breast cross-banded less dis- 

 tinctly. Lateral plates, a short band behind orbit, and four quadrate spots 

 above throat and axilla, deep brown. 



Two specimens in Mus. Academy from Jamaica, collected by Charles B. 

 Adams. 



Celestus striatus Gray, Ann. Xat. Hist, ii, 288. Catal. Brit. Mus. Diploglossus 

 diftii Dum., Bibr. v, 596. 

 Jamaica. Mus. Academy, Phila. 



Celestus owenii m. Diploglossus Dum., Bibr., do. [Oneyda) Gray, Catal. B. M. 

 Habitat. — Unknown. (Mus. College Surgeons, London.) 



AMEIVA Cuvier. 



Ameiva chrysol^ma Cope, sp. nov. 



Char. — Twelve series abdominal plates : ^o horny tubercles on the heel ; 

 median and lateral gular scales equal. Frontal undivided, supraorbitals four. 

 Teeth mostly bicuspid. Olive with numerous series of white spots, sometimes 

 indistinct on dorsal region. Gular fold black, throat yellow ; belly green and 

 yellow. 



Description. — One of the larger species. Four parietals and one interparietal, 

 subequal. Two posterior supraorbitals bounded hj granules within ; frontal in 

 front nearly broad as long ; prefrontals longer than broad. Nostril in nasal 

 plate near suture. A postnasal, one very large frenal, two preoculars and two 

 suboculars. Labials 6 — V, the anterior in both series very narrow. Infralabi- 

 als eight in lower series, three iu upper behind, all separated from labials by 



1868.] 



