28 IGTTANID^. 



8. Anolis homolecMs. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Xipliosurus cristatellus (non D..^ B.), Ch-ay, Cat. p. 197. 

 XipliosLirus homolechis, Cope, P>-oc. Ac. Philad. ]864, p. 169; 

 O'Shaughn.Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) xv. 1875, p. 271. 



Head moderate, nearly once and two thirds as long as broad, 

 longer than the tibia ; forehead concave, with two strong ridges ; 

 all the upper head-scales keeled ; scales of the supraorbital semi- 

 circles feebly enlarged, separated by one or two rows of scales ; 

 eleven or twelve enlarged supraocular scales, separated from the 

 supraorbitals by one row of smaller keeled scales ; occipital smaller 

 than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbital semicircles 

 by three series of scales ; canthus rostralis sharp, canthal scales 

 two ; five loreal rows ; five labials to below the centre of the eye ; 

 ear-opening large, vertically oval. Gular appendage large ; gular 

 scales small, smooth. Body rather short, feebly compressed, without 

 fold or crest. Dorso-lateral scales very small, granular, those on the 

 vertebral region a little enlarged, hexagonal, keeled ; ventral scales 

 large, cycloid, smooth, strongly imbricate. The adprcssed hind 

 limb reaches the eye ; digital expansions well developed ; eighteen 

 lamellte under phalanges ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail strongly 

 compressed, with a high fin-like crest supported by the spinous 

 processes. jS'o distinctly enlarged postanal scales. Brown above, 

 whitish inferiorl}'. 



Head 15 miUim. 



Width of head 8-5 „ 



Body 32 „ 



Pore limb 22 „ 



Hind limb 37 „ 



Tibia 12 „ 



West Indies. 



a. S ■ ^ • Indies. (Type.) 



9. Anolis gingivinus. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Anolis gingivinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 170, and 1871, 

 p. 220. 



Head large in the male, about once and three fourths as long as 

 broad, longer than the tibia ; forehead and occiput concave in the 

 adult male; two distinct frontal ridges; upper head-scales not 

 keeled ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles large, extending for- 

 wards as frontal series, in contact on a small point medially ; seven 

 to nine enlarged, smooth or feebly keeled supraocular scales, sepa- 

 rated from the supraorbitals by one row of granules ; occipital a 

 little larger than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbital 

 semicircles by two or three series of scales ; canthus rostralis sharp, 

 canthal scales three ; loreal rows four or five ; six or seven labials 

 to below the centre of the eye ; car-opening moderately large, verti- 



