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CENTEOPTX COPII, nom. sp. n. 



Barbadoes. 



"Back with three pale lines; dorsal scales, minute. 

 Surinam, Mus. Leyd." is the original announcement, of 

 his species Oentropyx intermedius (Schleg.), by Dr. Gray, 

 1831, Syn. Kept., 31 (in Griff. Cuv. An. King., ix). 

 In his Catalogue of Lizards B. M., 1845, he says O. in- 

 termedius is synonymous with C. calcaratus. 



Professor Cope, 1861, Pr. Phil. Ac., 496, is tho first 

 to give a description which unquestionably applies to the 

 Centropyx of Barbadoes. Whether Dr. Gray was right in 

 his later conclusion in regard to what he had called O. 

 intermedius, it is evident he was not acquainted with the 

 Barbadan type. Hence it would appear preferable that 

 the latter should bear the name of the distinguished nat- 

 uralist who first made it known. 



AMEIVA ATRIGULARIS. 

 A. surinamensis, var. n. 



Nostril between the two nasals ; five occipitals, longer 

 than broad ; four supraoculars, posterior three commonly 

 separated from the supraciliaries by a series of granules 

 of which the anterior is large and rhomboid in shape, 

 third not separated from the postfrontals and not in con- 

 tact with the frontal ; six to seven supraciliaries ; loreal 

 undivided ; six labials. Lower labials five to six ; sub- 

 mentals one anterior and four pairs or more ; gular gran- 

 ules much enlarged in a broad band across the throat, 

 postgulars enlarged in the middle ; mesoptychium with 

 several rows as large as the largest gulars ; no wedge- 

 shaped backward intrusion between the pectorals on 

 the chest. Dorsal granules small, smooth. Ventral s in 

 twelve (twelve to fourteen) rows ; transverse series thirty 

 to thirty-two. Preanals in-regular, commonly three large 



