294 ANGuiDJi;. 



Head scarcely distinct from neck ; snout short ; ear-opening very 

 small; an azygos prsefrontal, broader than long, slightly broader 

 than and in contact with the entire anterior border of the frontal, 

 separated from the loreal by one shield, from the rostral by two 

 pairs of shields ; frontal slightly longer than broad ; parietal on 

 each side separated from the frontal and supraoculars by two 

 shields ; nasal in contact Avith the rostral ; a postnasal, two conse- 

 cutive loreals ; rostral much broader than mental ; fifth ujiper 

 labial below the eye ; no infraorbitals ; three chin-shields on each 

 side, first two in contact with the lower labials. Body elongate, 

 subcylindrical. Thirty-one scales round the middle of the body; 

 dorsals finely striated, not keeled. Limbs very short, anterior not 

 measuring more than the width of the head ; digits short. Grey- 

 brown above, with metallic gloss ; a lateral dark brown band, from 

 the snout to the tail ; lower parts yellowish white, 



millim. millim. 



Total length 201 Fore limb 8 



Head, to ear 11 Hind limb 15 



Width of head .... 8 Tail 114 



Body 76 



Cuba. 



15. Diploglossus pleii. 



Diploglossus pleii, Gray, Cut. p. 119. 

 Diploglossus pleii, Dum. ^' Bihr. v. p. 605 ; BocoxiH, Miss. So. Mex., 



Eept. p. 381, pi. xxii. tig. 4. 

 Celestus pleii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 18G8, p. 123. 

 degener, Coj)e, I. c. 



Closely allied to D. sar/rce. Distinguished by the following cha- 

 racters : — Ear-opening somewhat larger ; frontal broader than 

 long ; no frontoparietals ; the parietals in contact with the frontal ; 

 infraorbitals present. Thirty-seven scales round the middle of the 

 body. Limbs shorter still. Eeddish brown above, the sides sharply 

 delimited by a dark brown streak and dotted with brown ; lower 



surfaces pale yellowish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length (tail re- Body 75 



produced) 150 Fore limb 10 



Head, to ear 13 Hind limb ........ 15 



Width of head .... 11 



Martinique ; Porto Eico. 



4. SAURESIA. 



Sauresla, Grai/, Ann. ^- May. N. H. (2) x. 1862, p. 281 ; Cope, Proc. 



Ac. Philad. 1864, p. 228 ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Eept. p. 455. 

 Embryopus, Weinland, Ahh. Senck. Ges. iv. 1862, p. 132. 



Limbs tetradactyle ; otherwise like Diploglossus. 

 West Indies. 



