292 ANQtriD^. 



depression, making rows of pits. Tail cyliDdrical. Colour above 

 olivaceous, below yellowish ; back and sides crossed by about 

 eighteen narrow brown bars, which are three times broken and 

 alternate on each side the median line. 



millim. millim. 



Total length (tail re- Body 73 



produced ) 204 Fore limb 25 



Head, to ear 22 Hind limb 33 



Jamaica. 



11. Diploglossus microlepis. (Plate XVI. fig. 2.) 



Microlepis undulata, Gray, Cat. p. 116. 

 Tiliqna microlepis, Grmj, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 71. 

 Microlepis imdulata, Gray, Ann. N. II. ii. 1839, p. 334. 



Lateral teeth bicuspid. Head slightly distinct from neck ; canthus 

 rostralis rounded ; ear-opening a little smaller than the eye -opening ; 

 a large azygos subtriangular praefrontal, nearly as broad as long, 

 broader than and in contact with the entire anterior border of the 

 frontal, in contact with the second loreal on each side, separated 

 from the rostral by two pairs of shields ; frontal twice as long as 

 broad ; parietal on each side separated from the frontal and supra- 

 oculars by two shields ; nasal in contact with the rostral ; a post- 

 nasal ; rostral much broader than mental ; the suture between the 

 seventh and eighth upper labials falls below the centre of the eye ; 

 four chin-shields on each side, none in contact with the lower 

 labials. Body rather short, depressed. Forty-six scales round the 

 middle of the body ; dorsals obtusely keeled, and probably finely 

 striated (epidermic scales lost). Limbs moderate, overlapping when 

 adpressed ; digits moderate, claws exposed. Tail slender, com- 

 pressed, longer than head and body. Pale brown, with transverse 

 wavy darker bands. 



minim. millim. 



Total length 167 Fore limb 21 



Head 17 Hind limb 27 



Width of head .... 11 Tail 93 



Body 57 



Hah. ? 



a. Ad.? ? (Type.) 



12. Diploglossus owenii. 



Diploglossus owenii. Gray, Cat. p. 119. 

 Diploglossus owenii, Dnm. Sf Bibr. v. p. 594. 

 Celestas owenii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philacl. 1868, p. 124. 



Only one pair of shields between the azygos praefrontal and the 

 rostral ; head-shields otherwise much as in D. occiduus and allies. 

 Dorsal scales with an obtuse median keel, forming about twelve 

 longitudinal series. Body much elongate ; limbs very short, the 



