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70 IGUANID.E. 
row of granules; occipital smaller than the ear-opening, separated 
from the supraorbitals by two or three series of scales; canthus 
rostralis rather feebly marked, canthal scales three or four; loreal 
rows four or five ; five or six labials to below the centre of the eye; 
ear-opening moderate, oval. Gular appendage small; gular scales 
feebly keeled. Body compressed; no dorsal-nuchal fold. Eight 
longitudinal series of large, hexagonal, feebly keeled or striated 
dorsal scales, larger than the ventrals; lateral scales very small, 
granular ; ventral scales hexagonal, imbricate, keeled. Limbs long 
and slender ; the adpressed hind limb reaches between the eye and 
the nostril; digits rather feebly dilated ; fourteen or fifteen lamella 
under phalanges 11. and 111. of the fourth toe. Tail slightly eom- 
pressed, covered with large strongly keeled scales, the keels forming 
continuous lines ; its length more than twice that of head and body. 
No distinctly enlarged postanal scales. Pale metallic green above ; 
sides purplish blue, sometimes with a series of small metallic spots ; 
a white streak on the upper lip; limbs with metallic transverse 
spots; lower surfaces whitish. 
Totallength ......... 140 millim. 
Heady.4.05 ke ore Ga cesy BO? ys 
Width of head ........ Go *55 
Body saceces xeteeeys 28, os 
Fore limb 43:44.9 cs Sane 14s, 
Hind lamb 304.2 eae backs 31, 
Tibia setuss evden ey Oe) os 
Tail vasa iuabeeeeeuas 100 _—,, 
Cuba. 
a-c. o. Cuba. Prof. Peters [P.], 
67. Anolis lionotus. 
Anolis (Dracontura) lionotus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 210. 
Head short, broad; frontal ridges almost obsolete, enclosing an 
ovoid concavity ; interorbital space concave; upper head-scales 
small, smooth ; scales of the supraorbital semicircles separated 
medially by a series of very small scales ; three or four supraoculars 
of large size, surrounded by several smaller scales, some of them 
weakly keeled ; occipital elongate-oval, not in contact with the 
supraorbitals: canthus rostralis short; loreal rows eight ; superior 
labials eight. Gular appendage moderate. Scales of the sides 
small, not keeled; of the belly larger, smooth; of the back still 
larger, in about twelve rows, smooth. The adpressed hind limb 
reaches the nostril; digital expansions narrow. ‘Tail compressed, 
the median superior scales flat, offering no rudiment of a crest. 
General colour above bronze-brown, with a few darker shades on 
the dorsal region ; tail and hinder extremities paler, femora light 
spotted behind ; a light band extends from the angle of the mouth 
to the middle of the side; beneath it there are brown vermiculations, 
which become darker near the groin; lips dark; belly immaculate. 
Cocuyas de Veraguas, Colombia. 
