3. ANOLIS. 41 



from axilla to groin ; frcqucntlj' a series of large oval or rhomhoidal 

 darker spots on each side of the back ; lower surfaces whitish, with 

 metallic gloss. 



Total length 160 millim. 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 11 „ 



Body 43 „ 



Fore limb 27 „ 



Hind limb 44 ,, 



Tibia 14 ., 



Tail 100 „ 



Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, eastern coast of Central America, Vene- 

 zuela. 



n-h. S ■ Cuba. W. S. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 



c. S- Cuba. 



d. J . Bluetields, Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [P.]. (Type 



of Draconura cdtenata.) 

 e-g. S 2 • ^- Indies. (Types of A. ordinatus.) 



h. (S . Yzabal. 



i, k. c? . Honduras. 



t^. (S 2 . Half Moou Cay, Belize 



coast. 

 q, r. S ■ Caracas. 



22. Aiiolis vermiciilatus. 



Anolius vermiculatus, Grcnj, Cat. p. 204. 

 Anolis vermiculatus, Dum. Sf Bihr. iv. p. 128 ; Coct. in 7?. de la 



Sacfra, Hist. Cuba, Repf. p. 120, pi. x.; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. 3Ic.v., 



liept. pi. XV. fig. 7. 

 Ptychonotus (Deiroptyx) vermiculatus, Fitzing. Syst. Hept. p. 66. 



Head rather large, twice as long as broad, longer than the tibia ; 

 forehead not concave, occiput concave in the male ; upper head- 

 scales small, rugose ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, 

 separated by one or two series of scales ; median supraocular scales 

 very feebly enlarged ; occipital smaller than the ear-opening, 

 separated from the supraorbitals by four series of scales ; canthus 

 rostralis prominent, canthal scales five or six ; seven or eight labials 

 to below the centre of the eye ; ear-opening large, vertically oval. 

 Gular appendage scarcely indicated ; a strong, angular, transverse 

 gular fold ; gular scales keeled. Body compressed ; a slight nuchal 

 fold. Dorsal scales small, oval, granular, keeled, smaller on the 

 flanks, a little enlarged on the vertebral region ; ventral scales small, 

 larger than dorsals, feebly imbricate, strongly keeled. Limbs long ; 

 the adpressed hind limb reaches the anterior border of the orbit ; digits 

 rather feebly dilated ; twenty-eight to thirty lamdltc under pludanges 

 II. and in. of the fourth toe. Tail strongly compressed, with feebly 

 serrated upper edge, at least twice as long as head and body. Male 

 with enlarged postanal scales. Olive above, the back and neck 

 handsomely reticulated with black ; lower surfaces pale olive-brown. 



