142 IGUANIDR. 
Closely allied to the preceding. Nostril quite lateral. Upper 
head-scales somewhat smaller, usually feebly striated ; frontal fre- 
quently divided longitudinally ; if undivided, bardly larger than the 
frontoparietals ; interparietal and parietals subequal in size, or latter 
a little larger ; temporal scales very fecbly keeled ; projecting scales 
in front of the ear-opening very small, scarcely distinct. The scales 
usually form 30 or 32 series round the middle of the body (24 and 
26 in species f-g). Yellowish or greenish above, with metallic 
gloss and irregular dark brown marblings; a more or less distinct 
light band on each side, from the eye to the base of the tail; tail 
usually with three dark brown longitudinal lines, the median most 
defined ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish, with strong metallic 
gloss, constantly immaculate. : 
Total length........ . 268 millim. 
Head. wiawasadawiees 20s 3 
Width of head........ 16, 
Body aise deh ese ows 734, 
Fore limb .......... 33 Cs, 
Hind limb: si¢evaei98 52, 
MP aah scshceeg pleas Meoete he LI: 55 
Chili. 
a-b. S. Chili. | (Typesof Leiodera 
e-d. Hgr. g. Chili. C. Darwin, on gravenhorstii.) 
e. Her. o. Chili. Mr. Bridges [C. ]. 
Fg. SQ. Chili. 
h,t. @ & yg. Taleahuano. Dr. Coppinger [C.]. 
3. Liolemus gravenhorstii. (Prate X. fig. 1.) 
Leiodera gravenhorstii, part., Gray, Cat. p. 211. 
Nostril quite lateral. Upper head-scales modcrate, three pairs 
between the orbits; interparictal smaller than parictals; a series of 
three or four enlarged supraoculars ; a single series of scales between 
the labials and the infraorbital ; temporal scales keeled ; one or two 
small projecting scales on the anterior border of the ear. Sides of 
neck not plicate, covered with large scales similar to those on the 
dorsal surface. Nuchal and dorsal scales large, rhomboidal, very 
strongly keeled, the keel ending in a short spine; ventral scales 
smaller than dorsals, rounded, smooth; forty scales round the middle 
of the body. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axil in the 
female, between the shoulder and the ear in the male; hinder side 
of thighs uniformly granulate. Two anal pores in the male. Tail 
more than twice as long as head and body; caudal scales a little 
smaller than dorsals. Coppery brown above, with four light golden 
bands, the upper extending from above the temple to the base of 
the tail, the lower from the ear to the groin; in the female a few 
paired blackish spots between the light dorsal bands ; lower surfaces 
pale golden. 
