270 Mr. A. AV. E. O'Shnuglinossy on 



series of silvery spots along the lateral line ; a black spot in 

 the axil. 



Two specimens from Port Natal. Length 11| inches. 



SpJii/rcvna Giintheri. 

 D. 5j. A. I. L. lat. 130. L. transv. 22. 



The height of the body is one ninth of the total length ; 

 the length of the head is contained three times and two thirds 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is rather more than one 

 seventh of the length of the head. The opcrcle has a single 

 point ; the opereles are scaly, and the pra>o})erculum is rounded. 

 The lower jaw with a short fleshy appendage anteriorly. The 

 pectorals ai-e contained nearly ten times in the total length ; 

 they are one third longer than the ventrals ; the spine of the 

 latter is nearly as long as the rays. The origin of the dorsal 

 is on a level with the extremity of the pectorals, but somewhat 

 behind the root of the ventrals, considerably in front of the 

 middle of the length of the body. The interspace between 

 the dorsals is equal to one seventh of the total length. The 

 maxillary reaches to the anterior margin of the eye. 



One specimen from Colon, Atlantic. Length 16 inches. 



XXXVI. — List and Revision of the Species of KnoWdidi in the 

 British- Museum Collection , with Descriptions of new Species. 

 By A. W. E. O'SliAUOHNESSY, Assistant in the Natural- 

 History Department. 



SiKCE the date of the publication of Dr. Gray's 'Catalogue 

 of Lizards in the British ^Museum' large additions have been 

 made to the collection of s])ccimens of the grouj) Anolis. 

 ]\Iany of these additional specimens Avere examined by Mr. 

 Cope some years since, and furnished him with the types of 

 new species, which he described in the ' Proceedings ' of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The following 

 list is the result of a recent study of the entire series, and 

 gives the names of all the species which a])pear to me to be 

 represented in it. 



CHAMiELEOLIS, Coct. 



Chamceleolis fernandina^ Coct., Sagra's Cuba, p. 145, t. xil. 



Anolis chatnaleonuhs, Uum. & 3iihr. Erp. Gun. iv. p. 1C>S. 

 Chamaleolis porciu, Gundlach, IJop. fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 109; Cope, 

 Proc. Acad. Philad. 18G4, p. 1G8. 



