82 IGtTANID^. 



keeled, rather irregular, arranged in about fourteen longitudinal 

 series ; the florsal scales abruptly pass into the laterals, which are 

 small, SLibgranular, keeled, and intermixed with a few scattered en- 

 larged rhomboidal ones ; ventral scales very large, larger than 

 dorsals, rhomboidal, imbricate, strongly keeled. The adpressed hind 

 limb reaches the eye or the posterior border of the orbit ; digits 

 moderately dilated ; fifteen or sixteen lamellae under phalanges ii, 

 and III. of the fourth toe. Tail slightly compressed, nearly twice 

 as long as head and body, covered with large, strongly keeled scales. 

 Male with enlarged postanal scales. Bronzy or coppery above, 

 uniform or with small ill-detiued darker spots ; a brown indistinct 

 band on each side of the head and neck, passing through the eye ; 

 female with a broad yellowish vertebral band ; lower surfaces 

 yellowish. 



millim. millitn. 



Total length 137 Fore limb 22 



Head 14 Hind limb 37 



Width of head 8-5 Tibia 11 



Body 33 Tail 90 



Central America. 



a. 2 . Central America. \ r^v \ 



b-c. d. Coban, Guatemala. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. \ '^^y'^^^') 



d. S • Plateau of Guatemala. Paris Museum [P. J. 



86. Anolis humilis. 



Anolis humilis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18G3, p. 138 ; Bocourt, Miss. 

 Sc, Mex., Rept. p. 105, pis. xiii. fig. 7, and xvi. fig. 31. 



Head once and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as 

 broad, longer than the tibia ; forehead slightly concave ; frontal 

 ridges feebly marked, short and divergent ; aU the upper head-scales 

 strongly keeled ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles scarcely en- 

 larged, separated by two or three series of scales ; a few enlarged 

 supraoculars ; occipital hardly distinguishable ; canthus rostralis 

 angular ; loreal rows seven or eight ; seven to nine upper labials to 

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

 Gular appendage moderately developed ; gular scales keeled. Body 

 short, slightly compressed ; no dorso-uuchal fold. Dorsal scales very 

 large, larger than ventrals, hexagonal, subimbricate, strongly keeled, 

 forming about ten longitudinal series ; lateral scales small, sub- 

 granular, keeled ; ventrals roundish-rhomboidal, imbricate, strongly 

 keeled, the keels not forming continuous lines. The adpressed hind 

 limb reaches the anterior border of the orbit, or between the latter 

 and the nostril ; digits very slightly dilated ; thirteen or fourteen 

 lamellae under phalanges ii. and ni. of the fourth toe. Tail slightly 

 compressed, a little longer than head and body, j^o enlarged post- 

 anal scales. Brownish above, females sometimes with a broad, 

 yeUow, dark-edged vertebral band ; lower surfaces whitish ; a small 

 purplish spot on each side of the throat in the male. 



