96 IGUANIDA. 
Dyraconura nitzschii, Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 16. . 
12-striata, Berthold, Abh. Ges. Gotting, 1840, p. 62, pl. ii 
fio. 7. 
Leemanctus (Norops) auratus, Fitsing. 1. ¢. 
Norops macrodactylus, Hallow. Proc. Ac, Phalad. 1856, p. 222. 
Anolis (Dracontura) duodecimstriatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, 
p. 212. ms 
Norops duodecimstriatus, O’Shaughn. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (A) iii. 
1869, p. 191, and iv. 1869, p. 274. 
Habit slender. Head nearly twice as long as broad, longer than 
the tibia; upper head-scales subequal, uni- or tricarinate ; occipital 
enlarged, larger than the ear-opening; five labials to below the 
centre of the eye; ear-opening oval, slightly oblique. Gular 
appendage moderately large, slightly indicated in the female; gular 
scales keeled. Dorsal and ventral scales large, equal, rhomboidal, 
imbricate, sharply keeled, the former in ten or twelve longitudinal 
series; lateral scales very small, keeled. The adpressed hind limb 
reaches the eye, or between the latter and the ear; digits not dis- 
tinctly dilated. Tail more than twice as long as head and body, 
covered with equal, sharply keeled scales. Golden brown above ; 
a dark band, usually bordered inferiorly by a white one, extends 
from the eye to the side of the body, passing above the ear; lower 
surfaces yellowish ; the male’s gular appendage dark blue or with a 
bluish spot. 
Total length .......... 180 millim. 
POAC, oe Soclche aenweaernts 14s, 
Width of head ........ Mey es 
BODY ged raidvaila ata lec edy 36 Cs, 
Fore limb ............ a. aos 
Hindlimb............ OL ss 
SIMIGLEF Steeetrsten aca 5 dee By ll, 
MARGE sgsntisrerards a!sceieiaisy tate 130 
South and Central America. 
a-b. SQ. Surinam. 
a fo Vryheids Lust, Demerara. Rey. W. T. Turner [C.]. 
dQ. Santarem, Upper Amazons. H. W. Bates, Esq. fst 
ed. Granada. F. D. Godman, Esq. | P.]. 
fd. P Zoological Society. 
g. Q. W. Indies (?). 
2. Norops ophiolepis. 
Anolis (Dracontura) ophiolepis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1861, p. 211. 
Norops ophiolepis, Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xvi. tig. 34. 
Distinguished from the preceding chiefly in the following 
points :—Scales on forehead larger; occipital not larger than the 
ear-opening. Dorsal scales forming eighteen longitudinal series. 
Digits slightly dilated. Tail less than twice the length of head and 
