20. ANADIA. 399 
posed ; collar-scales seven, scarcely enlarged. Scales of the body 
subequal, the dorsals quadrangular-subhexagonal, slightly longer 
than broad, the laterals a little smaller and more oval, the ventrals 
regularly quadrangular ; about thirty scales round the middle of the 
body, and fifty-eight from occiput to sacrum inclusively. Preanal 
plates small, in three rows, the anterior composed of two, the next 
of four, and the last of six shields, the latter elongate. Limbs short, 
covered with large scales, except on the hinder side of the thighs 
and the lower surface of the arms. Ten femoral pores on each side. 
Tail long and thick, covered with equal elongate quadrangular 
smooth scales, arranged in rings. Light greyish, with strong 
metallic gloss; a darker band on each side, best marked between 
the eye and the fore limb; three or four black ocelli with blue 
centre on each side forming a short series, beginning from above the 
fore limb ; a few blackish dots on the labials and on the base of 
the tail. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 138 From end of snout 
Oa) oe. s-seecse gui lecegis 10 to vent ........ 48 
Width of head .... 55 Fore limb........ 10°5 
From end of snout Hind limb ...... 14 
to forelimb .... 16 aS gecate aca eile 90 
Hab. ? 
ao. —? (Type.) 
2. Anadia rhombifera. 
Cercosaurus rhombifer, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 405, pl. xx. 
fig. a. 
Eepleopus (Euspondylus) rhombifer, Peters, 7. c. p. 208. 
Closely allied to the preceding ; differs in the following points :— 
Nostril in a single plate; prefrontal suture shorter; the first supra- 
ocular is absent, but there is a small posterior fourth; thirty-three 
scales round the middle of the body, and forty-eight from occiput to 
sacrum inclusively. Colour as in the preceding, but without ocelli ; 
upper surface of tail with a dark brown zigzag band. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 182 From end of snout 
Head: goo 6 ca So ohn hes 12 to vent........ 57 
Width ofhead .... 7 Fore limb........ 14 
From end of snout Hind limb ...... 18 
to forelimb .... 20 MDA | A ipt-arorave aso ee 125 
Ecuador. 
a 9. W, Ecuador. Mr. Fraser [C.]. (Type.) 
