BULLETIN 



VOL. 19. SALEM: JAN., FEB., MARCH, 1887. Nos. 1-2-3. 



ON THE WEST INDIAN TEIID2E IN THE MU- 

 SEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



BY SAMUEL GARMAN. 



THE greater part of the collection on which this notice 

 is based was gathered for Professor Alexander Agassiz 

 by the writer. The balan'ce was purchased by the Mu- 

 seum from Messrs. F. Lagois, C. S. Cazabon, Dr. D. F. 

 "Weinland and others. As far as possible series were ob- 

 tained, the better to enable one to fix upon the character- 

 istics of the varieties of a species inhabiting several of 

 the islands, or those of closely allied species from the 

 same or different localities. In the result the number of 

 species has been augmented, instead of reduced as was 

 expected. 



TDPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS Spix, 1825. 



Specimens from Trinidad apparently have the scales 

 somewhat larger and the femoral pores in greater num- 

 ber. The pores range from fourteen to seventeen. The 

 species is called "Matt" by the natives. 



ESSEX INST. BULLETIN, VOL. XIX 1 (1) 



