14 HAND-LIST OF 



Animal, stuffed ; young. 57 tesserae in the dorsal rings. 

 America. 42, 12, 27, 7. (Skull not seen). 



Animal, stuffed ; young. 60 tesserae in the dorsal rings. 

 America. 42, 5, 10, 7. (Skull not seen). 



Animal, not stuffed ; young. Tail broken. 

 America. 45, 8, 31, 32. (Skull not seen). 



Animal, stuffed ; young. 52 tesserae in dorsal band. 

 America. 46, 3, 9, 23. (Skull not seen). 



Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



911/. Skull, 3^ in., without lower jaw. 

 S. America. 56, 12, 10, 695. 



*^* Lachrymal hone square or suhtriangular, the lower side forming 

 part of the front of the Jieel of the zygomatic process. 

 f Tessercs on cheeJcs before the eyes small, numerous, convex. 



2. Tatusia mexicana. 



The frontal sliield of large tesserce, the hinder part rather produced 

 and rounded ; the two hinder series of tessercB separated from the 

 others by a cross groove. Sides of the head with two pairs of 

 Hues of several oblong convex tessercB behind the orbit, and with a 

 large patch of numerous small tubercles in three or four series before 

 the orbits. Ears covered with large, close, granular tubercles, 

 with larger tubercles at the base of the front. Laclirymal bone of 

 skull large, truncated in front, rather wider behind, and keeled 

 beneath. Nose rather shorter than that of Tatusia granadiana, and 

 rather broader behind. Nasal bones linear, very shghtly broader in 

 front. Brain-case scarcely contracted or marked with a groove 

 across the crown. Orbital hole on the upper part of the zygomatic 

 cavity short and deep. 



Head and body 17^ in. Tail 15^ in. 



113 li. Animal, stuffed. Body and head 16 in. Tail 13^ in. 

 SkuU of '« 113 /b." 

 Mexico. 43, 9, 11, 6. 



The first free dorsal band narrowed on the sides, and with a band 

 about one-third of the circumference, interjected between the narrow 

 part of the first and the hinder part of the second band. The three 

 or four bands next the front edge of the anterior poi-tion of the dorsal 

 shield convex. The interjected band is unlike on the two sides ; on 

 the right side it is continued, and of a considerable breadth to the 

 under margin of the disk ; on the left side it is short, and the first 

 band gets broader near the ventral edge of the disk. 



f f The tessercB on the cheeJcs before the eye large, flat nearly level 

 with the sJcin, with a ridge of small scales projecting behind 

 under the eye. 



3. Tatusia granadiana. 



Side of the head with two or three linear diverging lines of small, 

 flat, oblong, keeled shields. The cheeks before the eye covered with 



