GECKONID^E AND ANGUID^E. 2i 



around the end ; a median band meets these on the ros- 

 tral. Behind the eyes, on the head, there are six longi- 

 tudinal bands of brown, four of which join to form two 

 on the occiput, and these meet the laterals on the neck 

 forming two which are continued above the shoulders. A 

 light line across the forehead from one orbit to the other. 

 Two or three light streaks, across the back of the head 

 and the neck, appear on some. On a very young one 

 there are five narrow, transverse, dark-edged streaks of 

 white between the eyes and the base of the tail. There 

 are traces of brown blotches on the lower surface. 



An egg with the specimens has a long diameter of one- 

 third of an inch and a short one of one-fourth. 



Hob. St. Christopher's. 



SPH^RODACTYLUS MACROLEPIS Gthr., 1859. 



There is some resemblance in marks between specimens 

 from St. Thomas and S. piclus from St. Kitts ; the latter 

 have the vertebral series of granules, as in /S. Copii. 



An egg which apparently belonged to one of the speci- 

 mens measures in its longer diameter one-fourth of an 

 inch and in its shorter one-fifth. 



From San Domingo, Porto Rico and St. Thomas. 



ANGUID^E. 



DIPLOGLOSSUS STRIATUS Gray ; Blgr. 



Careful study of the type of D. stenurus Cope con- 

 vinces me that Dr. Boulenger is right in placing it in D. 

 striatus, 



The lateral teeth of the specimen are two-cusped, the 

 posterior cusp being much the stronger. The tail is slen- 



