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head and body ; in a few cases, however, these lengths were very nearly the 

 same. The diameter of the tail at the base is less in the latter species than in 

 the former. 



The types were taken in chinks in the wall of the house in which Mr. Bryant 

 stayed while at Mangrove Cay. He says that the species is very active and 

 difficult to capture, except in the direct sunlight, when they appear to be some- 

 what dazed, and may be taken in the hand without difficulty. 



Sphaerodactylus notatus Baird. 



This lizard is not uncommon about Nassau in some of the limestone caves, 

 where several were captured running about on the walls. There are before 

 me thirteen specimens from New Providence, two from Stranger Cay, and one 

 from Little Abaco Island. 



M. C. Z. No. 6971 ; 6972 ; 6974. 



Distribution. — Cuba, Bahamas, and vicinity of Key West, Florida. 



Sphaerodactylus decoratus Garman. 



In the collections made during the past summer there are thirty-two 

 examples of this hitherto rare geckoid from Mangrove Cay, Andros Island, 

 where Mr. Bryant found it very common about the houses, and also a single 

 specimen from New Providence Island. These have been critically compared 

 with the type, a single specimen from Rum Cay. There is also in the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology a single specimen from Andros Island, but the record 

 is unpublished. So far as I can learn, the species has been heretofore unknown 

 on New Providence. 



M. C. Z. No. 6952; 6973. 



Distribution. — Bahamas. 



Anolis porcatus Gray. 



This species was common on New Providence and Andros Islands ; from the 

 former locality eight specimens, and from the latter thirty-nine specimens were 

 taken. We did not observe it at Abaco, whence it was recorded by Cope (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 10, p. 437). A careful comparison of these specimens 

 with others from Cuba shows a slight but apparently constant difference. In 

 the Cuban specimens the longitudinal rugae of the head are rather more pro- 

 nounced, and do not appear to involve so many scutes as in the Bahamam speci- 

 mens. It is possible that this difference may warrant subspecific separation ; 

 but until a large series is available from various localities in Cuba, as well as 

 in the Bahamas, a new name would only complicate this already over-perplex- 

 ing genus. 



M. C. Z. No. 6964; 6951. 



Distribution. — Cuba, Bahamas, and Florida Keys. 



