5. AMELVA. 359 
brachials and one or two rows of small ones; postbrachials very 
small. Femoral plates numerous; three rows of tibial shields, outer 
very large. Femoral pores thirty to thirty-three (or thirty-six, Cope). 
Caudal scales keeled. General colour black ; lower surfaces glaucous 
green, 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 320 From end of snout 
Bs (:2:(; eee ener 25 to vent ........ 110 
Width of head .... 15 Fore limb ........ 40 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 70 
to forelimb .... 41 MPa,» seeo-ihtes oasin"a tess 210 
Sombrero and Anguilla, West Indies. 
a. Q. Sombrero. F. G. Sawkins, Esq. [P.]. 
b-c. . Anguilla. W. J. Cooper, Esq. [P.]. 
19. Ameiva punctata. 
Ameiva major, Gray, Cat. p. 17. 
punctata, Gray, 1. ¢. 
Ameiva punctata, Gray, Ann, N. H. i, 1838, p. 277. 
—— undulata, Gray, 1. ¢. 
major, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 117, pl. lii.; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., 
Rept. p. 246, pl. xx. B. figs. 7 & 8. 
erythrops, Cope, Proc, Ac. Philad. 1871, p. 221. 
Nostril in the posterior part of the anterior nasal; five occipitals ; 
four supraoculars; eight to ten supraciliaries; loreal undivided ; 
seven upper labials; five or six lower labials; chin-shields, one 
anterior and six pairs; median gulars slightly enlarged; enlarged 
scales on the mesoptychium a little larger than the largest gulars. 
Dorsal granules small, smooth. Ventral plates in fourteen or sixteen 
longitudinal series, those of the outer row very small; thirty-five or 
thirty-six transverse rows, counting from the collar. Preanal plates 
small. No regular brachial plates; one row of large transverse 
antebrachials and two rows of small ones; postbrachials very small. 
Femoral plates numerous ; three or four rows of tibial shields, outer 
very large. Digits feebly serrated, outer toe extending a little 
further than inner. ‘Femoral pores thirty-four to thirty-seven. 
Caudal scales keeled. Back olive, with black reticulations or wavy 
cross lines; flanks and belly blackish green; head lighter, reddish 
above, whitish beneath. (Young with longitudinal hghter bands 
on the sides of the body.) 
3 2. 
millim millim 
Total length..yie ua gi geese aac 418 350 
PRGA ered ls oie caved se koutou area 33 27 
Width of head ................ 21 16 
From end of snout to fore limb .. 56 45 
From end of snout to vent ...... 138 120 
Pore limb :.giwwaanee eaten 52 43 
Find limb 0. ey cee eee een 96 80 
Tail Urs dane aaew nner aes ds 280 230 
