146 L. Q. ANDERSSON LIST OF REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



like that. It was said to be rat her common near Puerto 

 Madryn. 



Liosaurus Belli Gray. 

 (Boulenger, Cat. of Liz. II, p. 124. 1885.) 



One specimen t'rom Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, 6 /u 1895, 

 where it was not uncommon in sandy places. 



Diplolaemus Darwin! Gray. 

 (Boulengek, Cat. of Liz. II, p. 126. 1885.) 



There are three specimens of this lizard in the coliection. 



1. Cerro Toro, South Patagonia, 25 /i2 1896. 



2. Santa Cruz, Patagonia, 14 /n 1895, in sandy places. 



3. Santa Cruz, Patagonia, presented by a swedish sea- 

 captain. 



These three specimens vary considerably in colour, N:o 1 and 

 3 are large specimens, 95 and 105 mm. from the tip of the 

 snout to the vent. In N:o 1 the black cross bands are very 

 broad and f'estooned, in N:o 3 they are narrow and nearly of 

 the same width; in N:o 1 the upper surface of the head lias 

 large and dark markings, in N:o 3 some small dark spots only. 

 N:o 1 agrees most with Diplolwmus Darwini Bell, descrihed in 

 »The Zoology of the voyage of II. M. S. Beagle», p. 20, Vol. 

 III, London 1842, plate X. N:o 3 agrees with Diplolcemus Bibroni 

 Bell, in the same work, p. 21, plate XI. In the specimen N:o 2,. 

 which is a small one, 49 mm. between the tip of the snout and 

 the vent, the cross bands are broken up on the back and appear 

 as two rows falciform dark spots with the concave hinder margin 

 edsed with yellowish white. The head without dark markings. 



