fering ia little else than the colour of the stripeS; ^^hich 

 in the Carolina species are yellow. 



L. hyacinthlna, Cauda longmscida, squamis abdomi- 

 7iis ovatisj cceteins acutisj corjpora lateribiis cceridcis 

 sen hyacinthinis. 



Indigo L. Length ahout six inches ; tail rather lon- 

 ger than the hody, taperiug, and rounded; back light 

 azure^, bordered with dirty brown; sides of a bright m- 

 diga-^-this colour is in the form of a stripe^ which be- 

 gins under the angles of the mouth, and extends to the 

 posterior legs ; beneath whitish; scales on the back ac- 

 uminate, the others oval; snout obtuse. 



Note. The blue stripe on the sides of this lizard ap- 

 pears dark brown or chesnut by candle-light. 



L. fasclata. Cauda longiuscula, squamis abdo^* 

 minis ovatis, cc^tcris acutis^fasciis transversis nigris 

 et albis. 



Banded L. Length five inches ; tail rather longer 

 than the body, tapering, cylindrical, and terminaiing 

 in a blunt point ; the bade and tail brownish, marked 

 %vith transverse, waving bands, of black and white ; 

 beneath dirty white; scales of the back acuminate, 

 the rest oval : these scales are in rows, forming longi- 

 tudinal streaks 5 snout obtuse; chin a little pouched. 



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