7U IGTJANIU-E. 



row of granules ; occipital smaller than the ear-opening, separated 

 from the supraorbitals by two or three series of scales ; canthus 

 rostralis rather feebly marked, canthal scales three or four ; loreal 

 rows four or five ; five or six labials to below the centre of the eye ; 

 car-opening moderate, oval. Gular appendage small ; gular scales 

 feebly keeled. Body compressed ; no dorsal-nuchal fold. Eight 

 longitudinal series of large, hexagonal, feebly keeled or striated 

 dorsal scales, larger than the vcntrals ; lateral scales very small, 

 granular ; ventral scales hexagonal, imbricate, keeled. Limbs long 

 and slender ; the adpressed hind limb reaches between the eye and 

 the nostril ; digits rather feebly dilated ; fourteen or fifteen lamellse 

 under phalanges ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail slightly com- 

 pressed, covered with large strongly keeled scales, the keels forming 

 continuous lines ; its length more than twice that of head and body. 

 No distinctly enlarged postanal scales. Pale metallic green above ; 

 sides purplish blue, sometimes with a series of small metallic spots ; 

 a white streak on the upper lip ; limbs with metallic transverse 

 spots ; lower surfaces whitish. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Head 12 „ 



Width of head 6 „ 



Body 28 „ 



Fore limb 14- „ 



Hind limb 31 „ 



Tibia 9 „ 



Tail 100 „ 



Cuba. 



a-c. J . Cuba. Prof. Peters [P.], 



67. Anolis lionotiis. 



Anolis (Dracontura) lionotus, C'tyje, Proc. An. Philacl. 1861, p. 210. 



Head short, broad ; frontal ridges almost obsolete, enclosing an 

 ovoid concavity ; interorbital space concave ; upper head-scales 

 small, smooth ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles separated 

 medially by a series of very small scales ; three or four supraoculars 

 of large size, surrounded by several smaller scales, some of them 

 weakly keeled ; occipital elongate-oval, not in contact with the 

 supraorbitals : canthus rostralis short ; loreal rows eight ; superior 

 labials eight. Gular appendage moderate. Scales of the sides 

 small, not keeled ; of the belly larger, smooth ; of the back still 

 larger, in about twelve rows, smooth. The adpressed hind limb 

 reaches the nostril ; digital expansions narrow. Tail compressed, 

 the median superior scales flat, off"ering no rudiment of a crest. 

 General colour above bronze-brown, Avith a few darker shades on 

 the dorsal region ; tail and hinder extremities paler, femora light 

 spotted behind ; a light band extends from the angle of the mouth 

 to the middle of the side ; beneath it there are brown vermiculations, 

 which become darker near the groin ; lips dark ; belly immaculate. 



Cocuyas de Veraguas, Colombia. 



