142 iguaxid.t;. 



Closely allied to the preceding. Xostril quite lateral. Upper 

 head-scales somewhat smaller, usually feel>ly striated ; frontal fre- 

 quently divided longitudinally; if undivided, hardlj' larger than the 

 frontoparietals ; interparietal and parietals subequal in size, or latter 

 a little larger ; temporal scales very feebly keeled ; projecting scales 

 in front of the ear-opening very small, scarcely distinct. The scales 

 usually form 30 or 32 series round the middle of the body (24 and 

 26 in species f-g)- Yellowish or greenish above, with metallic 

 gloss and irregular dark brown marblings ; a more or less distinct 

 light band on each side, from the eye to the base of the tail ; tail 

 usually with three dark brown longitudinal lines, the median most 

 defined ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish, with strong metallic 

 gloss, constantly immaculate. 



Total length 268 millim. 



Head 20 „ 



Width of head 16 „ 



Body 73 „ 



Fore limb 33 ,, 



Hind limb 52 „ 



Tail 175 „ 



Chili. 



a-h. c?. Chili. ( (Types of LejWwn 



c-d. Hgr. J. Chili. C. Darwin, Esq. [C.]. ( gravenhorsfii.) 



e. Hgr. J . Chili. Mr. Bridges [CJ. 



f-g. d2. Chili. 



h, i. $ & yg. Talcahuano. Dr. Coppiuger [C.]. 



3. Liolaemus gravenhorstii. (Plate X. fig. 1.; 

 Leiodera gTaveuhorstii, part., Gray, Cat. p. 211. 



Nostril quite lateral. Upper head-scales moderate, three pairs 

 between the orbits ; interparietal smaller than parietals ; a series of 

 three or four enlarged supraoculars ; a single series of scales between 

 the labials and the infraorbital ; temporal scales keeled ; one or two 

 small projecting scales on the anterior border of the ear. Sides of 

 neck not plicate, covered with large scales similar to those on the 

 dorsal surface. Xuchal and dorsal scales large, rhomboidal, very 

 strongly keeled, the keel ending in a short spine ; ventral scales 

 smaller than dorsals, rounded, smooth ; forty scales round the middle 

 of the body. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axil in the 

 female, between the shoulder and the ear in the male; hinder side 

 of thighs uniformly granulate. Two anal pores in the male. Tail 

 more than twice as long as head and body ; caudal scales a little 

 smaller than dorsals. Coppery brown above, with four light golden 

 bands, the upper extending from above the temple to the base of 

 the tail, the lower from the ear to the groin ; in the female a few 

 paired blackish spots between the light dorsal bands ; lower surfaces 

 pale golden. 



