112 MR. R. A . BOTTLENOER ON EBPTILBS AND [Feb. 15, 



in the female ; gular scales granular, smooth. Body feebly com- 

 pressed ; no doi'so-nuchal fold. Dorsal scales very small, granular, 

 a little larger than the lateral scales ; ventral scales larger than 

 dorsals, small, juxtaposed, keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 the eye or the tip of the snout ; digits feebly dilated ; 15 or 16 

 lamel]a> under phalanges ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail 

 roundish, covered with strongly keeled scales, without enlarged 

 dorsal series ; length of tail once and two thirds to twice that of 

 head and body. Male without enlarged postanal scales. Brown 

 or olive above, uniform or with small darker spots ; a more or less 

 distinct dark lateral band from the eye to the side of the body, 

 passing through the upper half of the ear-opening ; this band often 

 bordered below by a whitish streak, \vhich may extend to the hind 

 limb ; lower parts whitish, uniform or much speckled with brown. 



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millim. ruillitn. 



Total length 117 108 



Head 12 11 



Width of head 7 6 



Body 30 30 



Fore limb 20 19 



Hind limb 37 36 



Tibia 12 11 



Tail 75 67 



Allied to A. stigmosus, Bocourt. 

 Several specimens from Paramba. 



10. Anolis gbacilipes, sp. n. (Plate XI. fig. 3.) 



Head once and thi-ee fourths to twice as long as broad, as long 

 as or slightly shorter than the tibia ; forehead concave ; frontal 

 ridges distinct, short ; upper head-scales keeled ; scales of the 

 supraorbital semicircles strongly enlarged, in contact with each 

 other on the vertex or separated by one series of scales ; a few 

 strongly enlarged, keeled supraocular scales ; occipital a httle 

 larger than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals bv 

 one or two rows of scales ; canthus rostr.ilis angular ; canthal scales 

 four or five ; loreal rows seven or eight ; ten to twelve upper labials 

 to below the centre of the eye ; ear-opening moderately large, 

 oval. Gular appendage large, merely indicated in the female ; 

 gular scales keeled. Body compressed ; no dorso-nuchal fold. 

 Dorsal scales small, rhomboidal, subimbricate, strongly keeled ; 

 lateral scales minute, granular ; ventral scales larger than dorsals, 

 rhomboidal, subimbricate, strongly keeled. The adpressed hind 

 limb reaches the tip of the snout, or bet\veen the eye and the tip 

 of the snout ; digits feebly dilated ; 14 lamellae under phalanges 

 ii. and iii. of the fourth toe. Tail roundish, covered with strongly 

 keeled scales, without enlarged dorsal series ; length of tail about 

 t^ace that of head and body. Male without enlarged postanal 

 scales. Greyish or pale bronxy olive above, with symmetrical dark 



