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ON "WEST INDIAN KEPTILES. 



preceded by small ones in the frontal rows ; ten to twelve 

 enlarged, keeled supraoculars, separated by two series of 

 granules from the sn[)raorl)it:ils ; occipital larger than the 

 ear, eh^ngate, in contact with the supraorbitals ; rostral 

 canthus distinct, of one long and three smaller scales; lo- 

 real rows four to five ; five to six labials to below the cen- 

 tre of the eye ; ear opening moderate, vertical diameter 

 longest. Gular a})pendage large, smooth scaled. Body 

 compressed; a dorso-nuchal fold, surmounted by two 

 rows of slightly enlarged carinate scales. Dorsal scales 

 small, keeled, subhexagonal, smaller on the flanks. Ven- 

 trals little larger than the vertebrals, smooth, imbricate, 

 posterior borders rounded ; antefemorals larger, faintly 

 keeled, one or two rows near the knee tricarinate. Ad- 

 pressed, the hind limb hardly reaches in front of the ear; 

 digital expansions moderately large ; lamella3 under i)ha- 

 langes ii and iii of the fourth toe about twenty-seven. 

 Tail slightly compressed, with a low crest of broad, keeled, 

 subequal scales. No enlarged post-anal scales. 



Grayish-brown to brown or to olive ; with transverse 

 bands which pass obliquely backward down the flank, 

 sometimes separated by lines of small, white spots, and 

 in cases the posterior margins are whitish. Belly white, 

 tinged with olive toward flank and thorax ; throat brown 

 at side of goitre, often clouded under the chin. 



Young, rusty brown, with transverse bands on back, 

 tail and limbs ; fre(juently a vertebral series of black 

 spots, each of which is white-edged posteriorly. 



JJub. Barbadoes. A variety of A. cepedii. Thirty 

 specimens, Ilassler expedition and S. Garman. 



Anolis ghiseus, sp. n. 



Head large, one and two-thirds to one and three-fourths 

 times as long as broad, shaped like that of A. cejjedii, 



