288 



ANGUID^. 



Total length 



Head 



Width of head 



Body 



millim. 



355 



31 



24 



124 



«. 

 b. 

 c. 

 d. 

 e. 



Brazil. 



Ad. 



Hgr. 



Hgr. 



Tijuco River. 



Bahia. 



Pernanibuco. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 



millim. 



Fore limb 35 



Hind limb 47 



Tail 200 



R. Bennett, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. O. Wucherer [C.]. 

 J. P. Smith, Esq. [P.]. 

 Lady Harvey [P.]. 



4. Diploglossus millepunctatus. 



Diploglossus millepunctatus, OShaiij/hn. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (4) 

 xiii. 1874, p. 801 ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rent. p. 388, pi. xxii. a. 

 fig-- 5. 



Lateral teeth with obtuse crowns. Head rather strongly de- 

 pressed ; snout narrow, cheeks swollen ; canthus rostralis rounded ; 

 ear-opening smaller than the eye-opening ; three prtefroutals, azygos 

 largest, longer than broad, touching the frontal on a very small 

 point, separated from the rostral by two pairs of shields ; frontal 

 once and a half as long as broad ; parietal on each side separated 

 from the frontal and supraoculars by two shields ; nasal in contact 

 with the rostral ; a postnasal and three consecutive loreals ; rostral 

 broader than the mental ; the suture between the seventh and 

 eighth upper labials falls below the centre of the eye ; four chin- 

 shields on each side, two anterior in contact with the lower labials. 

 Body subquadrangular. Fifty-four scales round the middle of the 

 body ; dorsals smooth or very feebly striated, keelless ; laterals 

 much smaller than dorsals and ventrals. Limbs moderate, over- 

 lapping when adpressed ; claws partly retractile into a sheath 

 similar to that of the preceding species. Tail compressed. Upper 

 parts brown, closely dotted with whitish ; belly brown, each scale 

 edged with whitish. 



5. Diploglossus rugosus. 



Celestus rugosus, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xviii. 1879, p. 272. 



Head flat and rather elongate, its scuta generally similar to those 

 of D. occidmis ; interparietal as large as parietals ; five large chin- 



