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57. Anolis insignis. 



Anolis insip'nis, Cope, I'roc. Ac. Phi/ad. 1871, p. 213, and Journ. Ac. 

 Philad. (L>) viii. 1876, p. 120, pi. xxiv. fig. 1. 



Head nearly onco and three fourths as long as broad, much longer 

 than the tibia ; forehead slightly concave, no frontal ridges ; upper 

 head-scales small, not keeled ; supraorbitals and occipital scarcely 

 enlarged ; supraoculars small, smooth ; can thus rostralis distinct ; 

 lorcal rows five ; seven upper labials to below the centre of the eye ; 

 ear-opening moderate, oval. Gular appendage large ; gular scales 

 granular, smooth. Body compressed ; a distinct nuchal fold. Dorsal 

 and lateral scales very smaD, juxtaposed, flat, and perfectly smooth, 

 those on the vertebral line slightly enlarged ; ventral scales larger, 

 small, rounded, subimbricate, flat, and perfectly smooth. The 

 adpressed hind limb reaches the neck ; digital expansions well 

 developed ; twenty-seven lamellae under i^halanges ii. and ni. of 

 the fourth toe. Tail compressed, without upper ridge, nearly twice 

 as long as head and body. Male with enlarged postanal scales. 

 Brownish above, with a black network forming four broad bands 

 across the body ; neck with dark lines ; a large black-edged ocellus 

 in front of the shoulder ; tail with regular broad blackish annuli ; 

 limbs with blackish cross bars ; lower surfaces brownish white. 



Total length 415 millim 



Head 41 „ 



Width of head 22 „ 



Body 114 „ 



Fore limb 54 „ 



Hind limb 88 „ 



Tibia 27 „ 



Tail (injured) 260 „ 



Costa Rica. 



a. (S . Costa Rica. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



58. Anolis pachypus. 



Anolis pachypus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) viii. 1876, p. 122, 

 pi. xxiv. fig. 3. 



Head once and a half as long as broad, as long as the tibia ; 

 forehead concave, no frontal ridges ; upper head-scales keeled ; 

 scales of the supraorbital semicircles not enlarged, separated by five 

 series of scales ; a single row of four small keeled supraoculars 

 near the supraorbital border; four rows of scales between the 

 supraorbitals and the occipital ; six canthal scales, continued on the 

 edge of the eyebrow to near its middle in a manner luiusual in 

 the Anoles ; loreal rows eight ; ear-opening larger than occipital. 

 Gular appendage well developed. Scales of the abdomen smooth, 

 those of the sides very small, on the back gradually enlarging to 

 two or three larger and faintly keeled rows on the median Hne, 



