366 SAURIA. 



OBSERY. We have no specimens of this species in our possession. 

 Loc. Republic of Chile. 



5. EDLAEMUS AFFINIS, Grd. 



SPEC. CHAR. Head short; snout broad and rounded. Cephalic plates 

 small and numerous. Temporal scales subhexagonal, smooth, rather 

 convex, and but slightly imbricated. Auricular aperture oval, granu- 

 lar in front. Dorsal scales rather larger than the lateral ones, which 

 are smooth ; abdominal scales rhomboid, smooth. Posterior aspect 

 of thighs granular, with a patch of scales near the tail. 



SYN. Proctotretws fitzingerii, BELL, Zool. Voy. Beagle, V, 1843, 11. PI. v, fig. 1. 



Liolaemus fitzingerii, GRAY, Catal. Lizz. Brit. Mus. 1845, 215. 



Eulaemus affinis, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. November, 1857, 198. 



OBSERV. Not amongst the reptiles collected by the \J. S. Exploring 

 Expedition. The study of its characters, in the published records, has 

 convinced us that it was distinct from the Chilian species. 



Loc. Port Desire" and Santa Cruz, Patagonia. 



6. EULAEMTJS SIGNIFER, Grd. 



SPEC. CHAR. Head short, depressed ; snout narrow and rounded. 

 Supralabials smaller than the labials. Temporal scales moderate, 

 imbricated, smooth ; uppermost subcarinated. Auricular aperture 

 rather small, subtubercular. Dorsal scales rhomboid ; lateral scales 

 smooth and larger ; abdominal scales somewhat convex, generally 

 entire posteriorly. Posterior aspect of thighs wholly granular. 

 Greyish-fawn above, with four series of black, hieroglyphic spots 

 along the neck and body, transversely angular on the tail, and line- 

 ated on the limbs ; beneath white, with brown, small spots on the 

 belly, and raarmorated on the throat. 



SYN. Proctotretus siynifer, BUM. & BIBR. Erpet. gen. IV, 1837, 288. BELL, Voy. 

 Zool. Beagle, V, 1843, 8. PL iv, fig. 1. GUICH. in Gay, Hist, de Chile, Zool. II, 

 1848,40. 



