2(). LiocEPa.vLus. 165 



long, smooth ; forty-one to fit'ty-thrce scales round the middle of 

 the body. The adpressed hind limb reaches the eye, or between 

 the latter and the ear. Tail strongly compressed, the crest more 

 developed than the dorsal. Olive above ; head yellowish brown, 

 with a broad black band from the nostril through the eye to above 

 the ear, sometimes continued to the fore limb ; lips whitish ; lower 

 surfaces greenish. 



milliiu. millim. 



Total length 270 Fore limb 42 



Head 21 Hind limb 80 



Width of head .... IG Tail 108 



Body 87 



Perhaps not specifically distinct from L. vittatus. 

 San Domingo. 



a-c. J. S.Domingo. M. Sall^ [C.]. 



d, e. c? • S. Domingo. 



6. Liocephalus eremitus. 

 Liocephalus eremitus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1868, p. 122. 



Head-scales large, smooth, except the supraoculars ; latter weakly 

 keeled, six, separated from the supraorbitals by one row of scales ; 

 parietals two pairs on one row, outer pair larger than inner. Folds 

 of side of neck strong ; two oblifjue, one nearly horizontal. Dorsal 

 crest high on tail, elsewhere moderate. Dorsal scales large, larger 

 than laterals and ventrals ; latter smooth, pra^anals smaller, keeled. 

 The adpressed hind limb reaches the front of the orbit. Tail 

 moderately compressed. Dark olive-brown above, with a deep 

 brown dorso-lateral longitudinal shade, coniiected by" numerous in- 

 distinct cross bars, which are light-margined behind ; a dark brown 

 spot between eye and ear ; lower surfaces brown, with numerous 

 scattered whitish scales, which are most thickly gathered on the 

 pectoral region. 



millim. 



From snout to vent 63 



Head, to ear 17 



Width of head 15 



Navassa Island, near San Domingo. 



7. Liocephalus carinatns. 



Leiocephalus carinatus, Gray, Cat. p. 217. 



macleayii, (rray, l. c. p. 218. 



Leiocephalus carinatus, Gray, I'hil. May. (2) ii. 1827, p. 208; Cope, 



Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 184, and 1868, p. 122. 

 Holotiopis luicroldpbus, Duin. i^f- liihr. iv. p. 264; Cocteau, in li. de 



la Sayra, Hid. Cuba, licpt. p. 82, pi. vii. 

 Steironotus (Leiocephalus) carinatus, Fitziny. Syst. Pept. p. 70. 



Upper head-scales large, smooth, or feeldy striated; nasal in 



