1891.] BATRACHIANS, AND FISHES FROM THE WEST INDIES. 353 



II. St. Lucia. 

 Collected by Mr. Ramage. 



1. Hemidactyltjs MABOtriA, Mor. 



2. Thecadactylus rapicauda, Houtt. 



3. Sphjerodactylus microlepis, R. & L. 



We have stated above that the male specimen from Dominica 

 bears no other markings but a few light dots. The St. Lucia 

 specimens, although agreeing entirely in structure with the above, 

 differ in having a black interscapular band, which may be preceded 

 by a pair of whitish spots ; this black band is usually edged with 

 lighter behind. But then the Dominica specimens again differ 

 among themselves ; some have large black or dark brown sym- 

 metrical markings or angular bands on the head and nape, and V- 

 shaped black bands on the throat, whilst others have a uniform pale 

 brown head and a white throat. These differences are not sexual, 

 the head-markings only being not so dark in the females as in the 

 males. Dark spots or cross-bands may be present on the back. 



This is evidently the most widely distributed of the West-Indian 

 Spharodactyli, since it is now known from St. Croix (LiitJcen), 

 Dominica, and St. Lucia. 



4. Anolis alligator, D. &.B. 



Anolis lucice, Garman, Bull. Essex Inst. xix. 1887, p. 34. 



5. Gymnofhthalmus pleii, Bocourt. 



Like Mr. Garman I find the St. Lucia specimens to be referable 

 to G. pleii, described by Bocourt as from Martinique, and not to 

 G. luetkenii, of the same author, from St. Lucia. 



6. Mabuia agilis, var. LuciiE, Garm. 

 Mabuia lucice. Bull. Essex Inst. xix. 1887, p. 51. 



This form must be regarded as a variety of M, agilis. The four 

 specimens obtained by Mr. Ramage differ from the typical form 

 of this species in having two or three pairs of nuchals ; but as 

 Mr. Garman says in his description " one or two pairs of nuchals," 

 it is clear the character is not constant. The black lateral band is 

 absent, as in a specimen from Barbados. In one specimen the 

 frontonasal is in contact with the rostral ; in the three others, the 

 internasals are in contact behind the rostral. Two specimens are 

 males ; they have 28 scales round the middle of the body, 59 and 

 63 from chin to vent : the two others are females, and have 30 scales 

 round the body, 64 and 69 from chin to vent. 



7. LioPHis fugitivus, Donnd. 



Dromicus ornatus, Garman, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. xxi^. 1887, 

 p. 280. 



Inhabits Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Lucia. Our specimens 



