30, BRACHYLOPHUS. 37. CTCLURA. 193 



limb reaches the tympanum, or between the latter and the shoulder ; 

 digits long and slender, the third toe strongl}- denticulated along the 

 inner side of the basal joint. Femoral pores ten to fifteen on each 

 side, forming a short series. Tail strongly compressed at the base, 

 with serrated ridge above, covered with uniform keeled scales which 

 are much larger interiorly ; the length of the tail at least three 

 times that of head and body. Females uniform dark emerald green 

 above, lighter beneath ; males with three broad dark green cross 

 bands on the body, separated by narrow light green bands, and dark 

 and light annuli on the tail. 



raillim. millim. 



Total length 695 Fore limb 79 



Head . .' 32 Hind limb 115 



Width of head .... 26 Tail 530 



Body 133 



Fiji and Friendly Islands. 



a-b. J & yg. Fiji. J. McGiHivray, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of Chloroscartes fasciahis.) 



c, (I, e. 5 , hgr. c? , & vg- Fiji. J. McGillivrav,* Esq. [C.]. 



f-g. c? $ . ' Kandavu, Fiji. H. M. S. ' Challenger.' 



/(. Ad., stuffed. Ovalau, Fiji. 



i. S ■ ? College of Surgeons. 



k-l cS2- ? 



37. CYCLURA. 



Cyclura, part., Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. 1824, p. 2.50 ; IViegm. 



Herp. Mex. pp. 15, 41 ; Dum. «.^' Bihr. iv. p. 214 ; Fitzimj. Syst. 



Rept. p. 56. 

 Cyclura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 190. 



Tympanum distinct. Body compressed ; a dorsal crest ; dorsal 

 scales small. Enlarged scales on the snout. A small gular pouch 

 and a feeble transverse gular fold. Digits compressed, with keeled 

 lamellae inferiorly. A long series of femoral pores. Tail long, com- 

 pressed. Lateral teeth tricuspid : pterygoid teeth. A small sternal 

 fontanelle. A single poststernal rib. 



West Indies. 



1. Cyclura carinata, 



Cyclura macleayi, Gray, Cat. p. 190. 



nubila, Gray, I. c. 



collci, Gray, I. c. 



Catesby, Naf. Hist. Carol, ii. p. 64, pi. Ixiv. 



Cycluia carinata, Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. 1824, pp. 242, 250, 

 'pi. XV.; Wieym. Herp. Mex. p. 42; Cope, Ain. Nat. 1885, p. 1006. 

 Iguana cyclura, Cuv. R. A. 2ud ed. ii. p. 45. 

 Lacerta nebulosa, Griff. A. K. ix. pi. — . , « 



vol,. II. 



