20. ANADIA. 399 



posed ; collar-scales seven, scarcely enlarged. Scales of the body 

 subequal, the dorsals quadrangular-subhexagonal, slightly longer 

 than broad, the laterals a little smaller and more oval, the ventrals 

 regularly quadrangular ; about thirty scales round the middle of the 

 body, and fifty-eight from occiput to sacrum inclusively. Pra^anal 

 plates small, in three rows, the anterior composed of two, the next 

 of four, and the last of six shields, the latter elongate. Limbs short, 

 covered with large scales, except on the hinder side of the thighs 

 and the lower surface of the arms. Ten femoral pores on each side. 

 Tail long and thick, covered with equal elongate quadrangular 

 smooth scales, arranged in rings. Light greyish, w-ith strong 

 metallic gloss ; a darker liand on each side, best marked between 

 the eye and the fore limb ; three or four black ocelli with blue 

 centre on each side forming a short series, beginning from above the 

 fore limb ; a few blackish dots on the labials and on the base of 

 the tail. 



milliru. niillim. 



Total length 138 Prom end of snout 



Head 10 to vent 48 



Width of head .... 5-5 Fore hmb 10-5 



From end of snout Hind limb 14 



to fore limb 16 Tail 90 



Hah. ? 



a. S. ? (Type.) 



2. Anadia rhombifera. 



Cercosaurus rhombifer, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 405, pi. xx. 



fig. A. 

 Ecpleopus (Euspondylus) rhombifer, Peters, I. c. p. 208. 



Closely allied to the preceding ; differs in the foUowiug points : — 

 Nostril in a single plate ; pra3frontal suture shorter ; the first supra- 

 ocular is absent, but there is a small posterior fourth ; thirty-three 

 scales round the middle of the body, and forty-eight from occiput to 

 sacrum inclusively. Colour as in the preceding, but without ocelli; 

 upper surface of tail with a dark brown zigzag band. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 182 From end of snout 



Head 12 to vent 57 



Width of head 7 Fore limb 14 



From end of snout Hind limb 18 



to fore limb 20 Tail 125 



Ecuador. 



«. $ . W. Ecuador. Mr. Fraser [C.]. (Type.) 



