Lizards in the British Museum. 431 
four supraoculars, first small (exceptionally fused with the 
first supraciliary) ; frontal ‘slightly longer than the fronto- 
parietals, about the same size as the interparietal; a single 
nasal ; loreal single or divided into two superposed shields ; 
a series of small infraorbitals ; six or seven upper and as 
many lower labials ; chin-shields, one anterior and four pairs, 
the two first pairs forming a suture; collar-shields 8 or 10; 
12 to 16 transverse series of scales from the chin-shields to 
the edge of the collar. Scales quadrangular, subequal, 
ventrals a little broader than dorsal; 34 or 36 scales round 
the middle of the body and 34 to 40 between the occiput and 
the base of the tail. 4 anterior and 6 posterior preanals. 
Male with 8 to 10 femoral pores. Caudal scales similar to 
those on the body. Brownish or olive above, spotted with 
blackish, with a more or less distinct light dorso-lateral 
streak ; this streak very sharply marked in the young, white, 
edged with black ; lower parts whitish, or belly bluish grey, 
with or without scattered black dots. 
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Rota length stolen Sale an th qe hag hale 182 
lEeadaeyae Ey Morale ae Meena MRIS e aaa 15 
Waidithvolsheadi, Ses coh a econ: 9 
From end of snout to fore limb......., 95 
” - ” EH tS Ula Opn Om 65 
UO Rep lita yes 5 kpc aif tv as) owes 19 
Etiidi him) (Rise ghs, See Ute thas 293 
Talli. fost sare aptotnie iat yctes aS eae 117 
Several specimens from Escorial and Culata, Venezuela, at 
an altitude of about 10,000 feet, collected by Sr. Bricefio. 
Euspondylus brevifrontalis. 
Head rather small, not distinct from neck ; body elongate. 
Snout short, obtuse; frontonasal longer than broad, in contact 
with the frontal, which is about the same size; two supra- 
orbitals, only the first in contact with the frontal; inter- 
parietal at least twice as long as broad; nasal in contact 
with the first supraciliary, or separated by the single loreal ; 
a series of moderately large infraorbitals; six upper and six 
lower labials ; chin-shields, one anterior and four pairs, the 
two first pairs forming a suture; collar-shields ten; 15 to 17 
transverse series of scales from the chin-shields to the edge 
of the collar. Dorsal scales elongate- quadrangular, perfectly 
smooth, nearly as long as, but narrower than, the ventrals; 
lateral scales smaller, rounded ; 84 or 36 scales round the 
middle of the body, including veutrals, and 41 to 47 between 
