294 ANGUIDZ. 
Head scarcely distinct from neck ; snout short; ear-opening very 
small; an azygos prefrontal, broader than long, slightly broader 
than and in contact with the entire anterior border of the frontal, 
separated from the loreal by one shield, from the rostral by two 
pairs of shields; frontal slightly longer than broad; parietal on 
each side separated from the frontal and supraoculars by two 
shields ; nasal in contact with the rostral; a postnasal, two conse- 
cutive loreals; rostral much broader than mental; fifth upper 
labial below the eye; no infraorbitals; three chin-shields on each 
side, first two in contact with the lower labials. Body elongate, 
subcylindrical. Thirty-one scales round the middle of the body ; 
dorsals finely striated, not keeled. Limbs very short, anterior not 
measuring more than the width of the head; digits short. Grey- 
brown above, with metallic gloss; a lateral dark brown band, from 
the snout to the tail; lower parts yellowish white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 201 Fore limb ........ 
Head, to ear...... 11 Hind limb... .... 15 
Width of head .... 8 PGA, ai aid aw aa ete 114 
Body jis cance fanegss 76 
15. Diploglossus pleii. 
Diploglossus pleii, Gray, Cat. p. 119. 
Diploglossus pleii, Dim. § Bibr. v. p. 605; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mev., 
Rept. p. 381, pl. xxii. fig. 4. 
Celestus pleii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 123. 
—— degener, Cope, l.e. 
Closely allied to D. sayre. Distinguished by the following cha- 
racters :—Ear-opening somewhat larger; frontal broader than 
long ; no frontoparietals ; the parietals in contact with the frontal ; 
infraorbitals present. Thirty-seven scales round the middle of the 
body. Limbs shorter still. Reddish brown above, the sides sharply 
delimited by a dark brown streak and dotted with brown; lower 
surfaces pale yellowish. 
willim. millim. 
Total length (tail re- Body ox cise cleat aatecs 75 
produced) ...... 150 Fore limb ........ 10 
Head, to ear...... 13 Hind limb........ 15 
Width of head .... 11 
Martinique ; Porto Rico. 
4. SAURESIA. 
Sauresia, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (2) x. 1852, p. 281; Cope, Proc, 
Ae. Philad. 1864, p. 228; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mez., Rept. p. 455. 
Embryopus, Weinland, Abh. Senck. Ges. iv. 1862, p. 132. 
Limbs tetradactyle ; otherwise like Diploglossus. 
West Indics. 
