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underwood. This food consists chiefly of insect*. 

 Others live about ruinous buildings, or even approach 

 the dwellings of mankind, and feed partly on insects, 

 and partly on fruits and vegetables, A few have their 

 natural habitation in marshes, ponds, or lakes, and 

 prey upon the small animals which inhabit them. 



The lizards are in general lively and active, and, on 

 the whole, form the most pleasing of all the Saurian 

 tribes. They are innocent in their manners : cheerful 

 in their movements ; and many of them, from their 

 agreeable form and variety of colour, constitute very 

 phrasing features in a group of natural object*. 



Most of them are natives of the warmer climates ; but 

 more of this tribe than of any other of the Saurian or- 

 der, are indigenous in the temperate countries of Eu- 

 rope. There are about 3S specie*, which Daudin dis- 

 tributes under seven ' 



SCCT. L Amet9 Liter ds. 



No scaly collar on the neck ; tail entirely cylindrical 

 and vertk-ilUted. 



* i iiei I. Lacerta cmeita. Ameiva Heard. Of a 

 bright blue colour, with four longitudinal rows of round 

 whitish spots on each side ; neck transversely plaited 



ud iii. p. 96. 

 vol. i. part ii art. 



. part ii. art. 23. 

 Linn, a Gotefan, p. 1070* 

 Shaw, Grn. Zee/, voi. iii. 

 L. titter**. Lettered L. Bluish green, 

 above with oblong ' 

 band*, dotted with 



whit* an each side; neck 



I.< I. 

 S. 



,Dknd. iii p 106. 



3. L. frmfUem. Graphic L. B*uish- green merited 

 with black point* end characters, with a longitudinal 

 feitl on eaeb side of the body, without white eye-like 

 pet* ; neck transversely plaited below. 



Le L. grepUeaw, DamL iii. p. 1 1. 



4. L, arfut. Argus L. Blue ; back marked with 

 blue eye* disposed in transverse rows, with a l.-ngitu- 

 dinal told on each side of the body ; tail transversely 

 plaited below. 



Is I. argut fAmeriqi* Dead. Hi. p. 1 1 7. 



5. L. riaimroui. Swollen throated L. Sea-green, 

 throat and neck swollen ; red spots scattered over the 

 body, especially on each side. 



L* L. ttrd p-.ixtt rouge*. Dead. iii. p 1 19. 



6 /.. f/yAnmp****. Red-beeded L Beck dark 

 green, with transverse undulated brawn band*; throat 

 white; breert Mack; side* snerkedwkh brown bead*; 

 telly with black, blue, aadwhitei 



belly striped lo 



h-*l r. -I . 14.1 



f~altte rouge, Daud iii. p. 182. 

 La Itle rwuge, Lacepede, vol. 1. part ii. art. 80. 



8wCT. II. (irrrn lj:ardl. 



Green liiard*. having a scaly collar round the neck, 

 and a verticillated Ufl. 



/ octUalm. Fved L. Black above, with lines 

 and eye- like spot* of s light green; light yellow below 

 without spots. 



Lr K rad L tcrd ocellr du midt de t Europe, Daud. iii. 

 p. I J> pi. xx 



I .acepede. i. part ii art.l9.pl. xv. fig. 1. 



8. L. nrittit. Green L. Bright green, marked 

 above with very numerous black or brown points ; light 

 green betow without spots 



/ /.. pHfaie. f Europe. Daud iii p. 144. pl.xxxix. 



9. L.jamaicmtu. Jamaica L. Beck reticulated with 



pale brown, with yellow dots; a double longitudinal row &utrun 

 of ovate blue spots along each side ; tail long. 



Le L, terd de la Jamaique, Daud. iii. p. 149- ~~." 



10. L. bilinrata. Two-lined L. Back marked with Bilmeauu 

 two longitudinal white lines, edged above with brown; 

 a longitudinal row of brown spots, and white points on 

 each side of the body, and a long tail. 



Le L. terd a deux rmiet, Daud. iii. p. 151. pi. xxxv. 

 fig. 1. 



1 U L ttirptum. Copse L. Bright green, spotted Surpmiu. 

 with black ; back and tail grey, with a brown inter- 

 rupted line along the back ; a double row of black eye- 

 like spot* along each side, and a dotted belly. 



Le L de laucket, Daud. iii. p. 1 55. pi. xxiv. fig. 2. 



12. L. wridula. Greenish L. Bright green above; ViriduU. 

 yellow below ; tail three time* the length of the body, 



and black at the tip, with an orange coloured spot on 

 the occiput and neck. 



Le L. verdelet de I'anama, Daud. iii. n. 165. 



13. L. tUiguerio. TiligurU L. Tail double the Tiligiwruv 

 length of the body ; belly marked with eighty plates. 



Le L. tiligurta, Daud. iii. p 167. 



Laeertu liligucrta, Linn, a Gmelin. p. 1070. 



14. L.dumftOTum. Wood L. Bright green, with the Duron** 

 neck and belly of a bright steel colour ; feet black, and '" lu - 

 the collar of the neck serrated, and of a violet colour. 



Le L, det 6ouxu de Sttritam, Daud. iii. p. 1 72. 



SCCT. HI. Ribbon Lizard*, 



Having a collar on the neck, and several longitudinal 

 white parallel lines along the upper part of the body. 



15. L. Ifmnucala. Laced L. Nine white longitu- LcoiaUetU. 

 (final lines upon the back and sides ; long tail, blue on I'LATK 

 the upper part; thighs spotted with white, and the trxrvii. 

 middle dorsal line two-forked next the head. F| 8- '* 



Le L. Gait***, Daud. iii. p. 175. pi. xxxvi. fig. 1. 

 Lacepede, i part ii. art. '25. 



Ijocerla Irmnitcata Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1075. 



16. /.. irilinrata Six-itriped L. Blackish brown Scxlinuu. 

 above, with six longitudinal white lines upon the back, 



with another short white line extending from the eyes 

 o\ er the shoulders ; tail tw ice as long as the body, and 

 thigh* without spot*. 



Le L. a tit rau, Daud. iii. p. 1(3. 



I^>cer(a textineata, Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1074. 



I* UOM, Lacepede, i. part ii art. 24. 



17. L. iKMfuana. Bosquian L. Bright blue above, ""q"'""*-- 

 with nine white longitudinal lines, with intermediate 



dot* upon the back and sides, the middle line being 

 short and undivided ; tail twice as long a* the body ; 

 thighs spotted with white. 



Le L. txuqxir*, Daud. iii p. 188. pi. xxxvi. fig. 2. 



18. L. arrulfOiepJkala. Blue headed L. Head blue Coruleo. 

 with a white longitudinal line along the middle of the opiul*. 

 back; two yellow parallel lines on i-m-h -ide , white dot* 



upon the thighs, and tail twice the length of the budy. 

 I* /, a tele blew, Daud. iii. p. 19 



19. LM try*. Teyou L. Upper part of the head Tqrou. 

 green ; back violet colour, with one green line and six 

 white ones ; throat and belly of a silvery white. 



I* L, leyou verd, Daud. iii. p. I 



20. L. atftrti. Desert L. Tail the length of the Dtenu 

 body ; back black, with six white interrupted longitu- 

 dinal lines ; bellv white without spot*. 



ljt I* du detrrl, Daud. ni. . 



. rla dete.ti. I.inn. a Gniriin, p. IO76. 



81. /. s/wr. Swift L. Bly iuli coloured above, v- Velo*. 

 negated with brown dots, and five longitudinal streakk 

 of a lighter colour ; sides spotted with black onu biue. 



