Mr. Bell on tzeo Cuban Reptiles. 235 



species of Volute. These last have scarcely any trace of the lon- 

 gitudinal elevated ribs on the back, but they become visible 

 on the under part, and on parts of the spire. Upon examining 

 the interior, the impressions of the ribs and of the plaits of the 

 pillar are distinctly seen. 



The recent shell which approaches nearest to this fosr.il appears 

 to be the V. tiiberculatu of Swainson. The specimen from which 

 the figure in " Exotic Conchology " was taken, is the only one I 

 have seen, and is now in my possession. 



Art. XXVI. Descriptions of a new Species ofAnolius, 

 and a nezo Species of Amphishcena ; collected by 

 W. S. MacLeaf, Esq. in the Island of Cuba. By 

 Thomas Bell, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S.. S\c. 



Genus Anolius. Cuv. 



RiiouoL^MUs. Jl. vertice cjncavo, sculelUs elcvatis tccto ; paleari 



rosco. 



Habitat in Ins. Cuba. 



Tab.Supp. XX. f. 1. 



Description. Head large, triangular above, and covered with 

 rough elevated brown scales, the edges ridged with more promi- 

 nent ones of a yellowish colour, a continuation of which also 

 surrounds the superior ridge of the orbit. Scales of the lips 

 smooth, broad, regular, and nearly equal. Trunk covered with 

 moderate sized smooth scales, diminishing towards the belly, 

 those on the gular pouch very minute. The scabs of anteriour 

 part of the back and sides irregular in form, and distant from each 

 other, becoming regularly square and close posteriorly. Dorso- 

 eaudal crest denticulate ; the denticuli triangular, broader on the 

 commencement of the tail, diminishing gradually towards the 

 middle, where they disappear. General colour brown, changing 

 to darker or lighter green, and in parts to light blue. A fold of 

 the^kin over the shoulders of a greenish yellow. The gular 



