166 IGUANID. 
contact with the rostral; supraorbitals in contact; supraoculars 
five or six, band-like, separated from the supraorbitals hy a series 
of small scales; parietals two pairs on one row, outer pair at least 
twice as large as inner. A strong <-shaped fold on the side of the 
neck, the scales of which are pointed, imbricate, and keeled. Dorsal 
crest, a feebly serrated ridge. Dorsal scales large, broader than 
long, not or but very slightly mucronate, feebly serrated posteriorly, 
the keels forming continuous slightly oblique lines; lateral scales 
smaller than dorsals; ventrals nearly as large as dorsals, smooth, 
rounded, broader than long; forty-three scales round the middle of 
the body. The adpressed hind limb reaches the eye. Tail strongly 
compressed, the crest more developed than on the body. Olive 
above, with small lighter spots, with or without blackish marblings 
on the flanks ; throat marbled with dark olive. 
millim. millim. 
From snout to vent. 105 Fore limb ........ 47 
Mead ies ee legigaees 25 Hind limb........ 82 
Width of head .... 20 
Cuba. 
ao. W. Indies (Type.) 
bec fo & yg. Cuba. W.S. MacLeay, Esq. [P.]. 
(Types of L. macleayii.) 
8. Liocephalus herminieri. 
Leiocephalus herminieri, Gray, Cat. p. 217. 
Holotropis herminieri, Dum. § Bibr. iv. p. 261, pl. xliv. 
Liocephalus herminieri, Cope, Proc. dc. Philad. 1868, p. 122. 
Upper head-scales large, more or less distinctly striated ; nasal in 
contact with the rostral; supraorbitals separated by a series of 
smaller scales ; supraoculars six or seven, band-like ; seven or eight 
elongate shields across the occipital region. A strong oblique fold 
in front of the arm. Dorsal crest well developed, its height equal- 
ling the diameter of the eye-opening. Dorsal scales large, the keels 
forming continuous oblique series ; lateral and ventral scales smaller, 
keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the angle of the mouth. 
Tail strongly compressed, crested like the back. Greenish brown 
above, with or without irregular yellowish cross-bands on the back ; 
head yellowish, with four or five vertical black bars on each side ; 
lower surfaces yellowish ; throat with oblique transverse black 
bands. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 319 Fore limb ........ 56 
Head voor cn ares Ls 37 Hind limb........ 104 
Body eeeg aetaes 102 Tail (reproduced) .. 180 
Trinidad ; Martinique. 
a, Adult, skeleton. Martinique. 
