5. AMEIVA. 357 
pl. vi.; Dum. & Bibr. v. p.111; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, 
p. 68; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xx. B. fig. 2. 
Ameiva trilineata, Gray, Ann. N. H. v. 1840, p. 114; Cope, 1. c. p. 69. 
Nostril in the posterior part of the anterior nasal ; five occipitals ; 
three or four supraoculars ; five or six supraciliaries ; loreal undi- 
vided; seven upper labials; six or seven lower labials; chin-shields, 
one anterior and six or seven pairs, separated from the labials by 
several rows of granules; median gular scales not enlarged ; meso- 
ptychium with three or four rows of feebly enlarged scales. Dorsal 
granules rather large, smooth. Ventral plates in ten or twelve 
longitudinal rows ; thirty-four to thirty-six transverse rows, count- 
ing from the granules of the collar. Praanal plates, two or three 
anterior median and three or four posterior on a line. One row of 
brachials and two of antebrachials, continuous ; postbrachials large. 
Six or seven rows of femoral plates ; three rows of tibials, the inner 
small and irregular, the outer extremely large. Heel with a few 
more or less prominent spinose scales. Femoral pores eleven to 
sixteen. Digits moderately serrated; fifth toe extending further 
than inner. Caudal scales keeled. Olive above, with three or five 
more or less distinct light longitudinal streaks, and a lateral band 
of blackish marblings or reticulations; lower surfaces yellowish, 
marbled with olive. 
é. 2. 
millim. millim. 
Total length..........00. 0.0 312 190 
Head. 4s 2g65%. ces Aeros aafes 20 15 
Width of head .........0..008- 13 9 
From end of snout to forelimb .. 33 21 
From end of snout to vent ...... 87 60 
Hore: lim bwsciwsece tens ee aes eo 32 22 
Hind limb asivaseaw swede sewes 68 48 
EBT A uahca tena eodterth cen mca ae eee 225 130 
Cuba. 
a-b,c. SQ. Cuba. W. S. Macleay, Esq. [P.]. 
(Types of A. trilineata.) 
d. 9. ee 
17. Ameiva dorsalis. 
Ameiva dorsalis, Gray, Cat. p. 19, 
Ameiva dorsalis, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 1888, si 277; Grosse, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 24; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1862, p. 69; 
Bocourt, Miss, Sc. Mex., Rept. pl. xx. B. fig. 1. 
sloanei, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 107. 
Nostril in the posterior part of the anterior nasal ; five or seven 
occipitals; three or four supraoculars; six or seven supraciliaries ; 
loreal frequently divided; seven or eight upper labials; seven to 
nine lower labials ; chin shields, one anterior and six to eight pairs, 
separated from the labials by several rows of granules; median 
