128 REPTILES. 



Var. B. Black, with some large white spots. 

 k Adult. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection, 



Var. C. Uniform brownish black. 



I. Adult ; female. Jamaica. Presented by R. Heward, Esq. 

 m. Adult. West Indies. 

 n. Adult. West Indies. 



Var. D. Uniform greyish brown or grey : N. capistrata, Gosse. 



0. Half-grown. West Indies. 



p. Half-grown. West Indies. 



q. Half-grown. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



r. Half-grown. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



s. Half-grown : bad state. Jamaica ; Bluefields. From Mr. 

 Gosse's Collection. 



t. Half-grown. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



u. Half-grown. Jamaica. Presented by Captain Parry. 



V. Young : very bad state. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Col- 

 lection. 



w. Adult. West Indies. Presented by J. C. Taunton, Esq. 



X. Young. Delaware. Presentedby H.Doubleday, Esq. Scales 

 in seventeen rows. 



Var. E. Greyish brown or grey, with some large white spots, 

 y. Adult. West Indies. 



Var. F. Greyish white, with large, square black spots. 



z. Adult. West Indies. 



a. Adult. West Indies. Presented by Sir J. MacGregor. 



3. Dromicus pleii. 



Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 661. 



Habit slender. Scales smooth, in seventeen rows ; one loreal, 

 eight (nine, Dum. Sf Bibr.) upper labials, the fourth and fifth 

 coming into the orbit. Above brownish olive, sides separated 

 from the back by a blackish line ; belly yellowish, on each side 

 of the ventral plates an oblong black spot, forming a punctated 

 longitudinal line on the edges of abdomen. 



a. Adult. Rio Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



4. Dromicus affinis. 



Habit moderately slender. Scales smooth, in seventeen rows ; 

 one loreal ; seven upper labials, the third and fourth coming into 



