from the Andes of South America. 21 



adpressed hind limb reaches the tip of the snout; .digits 

 rather feebly dilated j 20 lamellie under phalanges II and 

 III of the fourth toe. Tail roundisii, covered with uniform 

 keeled scales, whicU are larger beneath. Dark purplish 

 brown above, white, dotted and vermiculated with black 

 beneath. 



mm. 



Total length (tail repi-oduced) 95 



Head 16 



Width of head 8 



Body 41 



Fore limb 28 



Hind hmb 54 



Tibia 17 



A single female specimen and a very young one from the 

 Rio San Juan, Choco, JS.W. Colombia, collected by ]\Ir. M. 

 G. Palmer. 



Allied to A. gemmosus, O'Sh., and maculiventrisj Blgr. 



Anolis macrolepis. 



Head once and two-thirds as long as broad, as long as the 

 tibia ; forehead concave ; frontal ridges feeble, short ; upper 

 liead-scales very unequal in size, small and keeled on the 

 snout, large and rugose on the occiput; scales of the supra- 

 orbital semicircles strongly enlarged, separated in the middle 

 by one series of very small scales, and in contact with the 

 occipital; two or three very strongly enlarged, rugose and 

 keeled supraocular scales ; occipital very large, much larger 

 than the ear-opening; canthus rostralis short, canthal scales 

 two or three ; loreal rows six ; seven upper labials to below 

 the centre of the eye ; ear-opening moderately large, oval. 

 Body scarcely compressed ; no crest. Dorsal scales very 

 large, flat, juxtaposed, squarish or hexagonal, feebly keeled 

 or striated ; lateral scales small, granular, keeled ; ventrals 

 also granular, keeled, much larger than laterals, much 

 smaller than dorsals. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 the eye ; digits feebly dilated ; 15 or 16 lamellse under 

 phalanges II and III of the fourth toe. Tail roundish, 

 covered with uniform keeled scales, which are larger beneath. 

 Brown above, with more or less distinct darker angular cross- 

 bands pointing backwards; a dark streak on each side of the 

 head and neck, passing through the eye, followed on the body 

 by large dark spots, below which there is a whitish longi- 

 tudinal streak ; hind limbs with oblique dark cross-bands; 

 lower parts white. 



