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Having, in the foregoing account, follo\(-ed the Linnsan 

 fyftcm, with fuch occalional additions and illuftrations as 

 occurred from other writers of diftin^iiifhed reputation ; we 

 fliall conclude with noticing fome fpecies which later na- 

 turahils have added to this genus, and which have been de- 

 fcribed, and moft of them figured, in the intereiling works 

 of Dr. Shaw. Of thefe the tirll is the 



AcANTHUiiA. Tne fpecific character of this is as fol- 

 lows : Throat plaited beneath ; the body covered with mi- 



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water-newts : the head, fkin, and general form of the body; 

 refembling thofe of the chama:leon ; the tail, that of the 

 water newts ; while the feet refemble thofe of the gecko. 



The colour of this animal is not conftant or permanent as 

 in mod of the lizard tribe ; but variable, as in the chami- 

 leon, prcfenting fucccfTiveiy fhadcs of n d, yellow, green 

 and blue. This variation of colour is confined to the upper 

 furface of the animal; the lowir always continuing of a 

 bright yellow. Thefe feveral changes have been obfcrved 

 nute fcales ; the tail long, and verticiilated with carinated in the living animal in its native country, Mddagafcar, where 



triple-fpined fcales. A fpecimen of this animal is preferved 

 in the Bntilh Mufsum. Its length is a foot and a half; the 

 head refembles that of the ameiva and teguixin, is covered 

 with rather fmall fubhexagonal fcales, and is very diltinftly 

 marked off, as it were, from the body ; beneath the throat 

 is a confpicuous tranlverfe plait; the whole (Icin about the 

 neck, throat, and beginning of the fides, is very lax, fo 



it is rather common, and where, though harmlefs, it is held 

 in great abhorrence by the natives, who believe that it darts 

 on their breaft, and adheres with fuch force by its fringed. 

 membrane, that it cannot be feparated from the ikin with- 

 out being cut off. Its refidence is on the branches of trees, 

 where it lives on infecfs, holding itfelf fecure by coiling its 

 tail half round the twig on which it fits. It chiefly appears 



that it is thought in the living animal the flvin beneath the in rainy weather, when it moves with great agility, often- 

 throat may have a kind of pouch appearance, though en- fpringmg from bough to bough. 



tirely without any middle carina on that part ; the feet are 

 all pentadaclylous, and the toes rather long. The colour of 

 this fpecies on the upper part is glaucous, variegated with 

 a few fmail and fomewhat indiftinft clouds and marblings 

 of a whitilh caft ; the tail and under parts are of a pale or 

 yellowifh-white colour. Dr. Shaw fays, this fpecies is 

 much allied to the quetzpaleo of Seba, which is generally 

 fuppofed to reprefent the azurea of Linnxus. 



Loi'HUiiA. Body covered by diffimilar fcales ; the back 

 ferrated ; the tail is long and carinated. This is a verv 

 large fpecies, refembling the teguixin in fize, colour, and 

 fome other refpe(3s, but is coated with fcales of diflimilar 

 fize on different parts. Specimens are found in the Britifli 

 Mufseum, and in that of Dr. William Hunter 



Ervtuhocepiiala. Blackifh-green, with tranfverfe 

 Hack undulations ; abdomen longitudinally banded with 

 black, white, and blue ; the breaft black, and the top of 

 the head red. This, which is reckoned a middle-fized 

 fpecies, is a native of the ifland of Sc. Chriftopher, and is 

 d^ribed by the count de Cepede. Colour deep or dark 

 green above, mixed with brown ; back marked by feveral 

 trafffverfe black undulations ; top of the head and part of 

 the fides of the neck red ; throat white ; breaft black ; belly 

 variegated with longitudinal black, blue, and whitilh bands, 

 and covered with fcales or plates. The head is covered with 

 larger fcales than the other parts ; beneath the thighs is a 

 row of tubercles. 



Texiolata. Lizard with long round tail, and body 

 marked above with black and white ftripes ; beneath it is 

 white. This fpecies, allied to the fafciata, is covered en- 

 tirely with fcales ; colour chefnut brown above ; pale or 

 whitiih beneath ; on the back fix narrow white linear ftripes, 

 the intermediate fpaces of the central and lowermoft ftnpes 

 being black; the tail is long and narrow; limbs ftriped 

 longitudinally with black. It is llcnder, five-toed, and a 

 nat.ve of New Holland. 



Sinensis. Tail flat, all the toes unguiculated, and the 

 face perforated by feveral pores. This fpecies, which is 

 ouitted ill the Syft. Nat., was firft defcribed by Olbeck, 

 who obferved it in China, where it is frequently feen 

 in houfes, running about the walls, and climbing with ex- 

 treme readinefs on the fmootheft furfaces, preying chiefly 

 on the fmaller kind of blattse. 



Fi.MBRi.vT.^. Body with a membranaceous fimbriated 

 border on each fide of the body, tail flat, and lamella; of the 

 feet divided by a furrow. This fpecies was firft defcribed 

 by the count de Cepede, who informs us that it appears in 

 feme degree to conivett the chamsleon, the gecko, and the 



Lizard, Devil. See Maboujas. 

 Liz.arh, Fly-catching. See GonEMOucu. 

 Liz.ARD Ifland, in Geography, one of the iflands called' 

 " Direftion iflands," in the South Pacific ocean, about 240: 

 miles in circumference, and in general rocky and barren. 

 Captain Cook gave it the name on account of the number of 

 lizards, fome of which were very large, which he found- 

 upon it ; 20 miles N.E. of Cape Flattery. — Alfo, one of 

 the fmaller Bahama iflands. 



Llz.tKD Point, or The Lizard, a promontory on the fouth; 

 coaft of Cornwall, and the moft fouthern point of land in. 

 England, at the north entrance of the Engliih channel. N 

 lat. 49 ' ^q'. W. long, y' 12'. 



Lizard, in Naval Rigging, an iron thimble fpliced int©' 

 the main bow-lines, and pointed over to hook a tackle to. 

 LiZARn'.s Tail, in Botany. See Saurukus. 

 LIZENED Corn, in ylgriculture, a term provinciallj- 

 ufcd for fhrunk or lank corn. 



LIZIERE, the fame with berme, fortland, or rclais. 

 When this fpace is covered with a parapet, it is called a- 

 fauffe-braye, or low wall. 



LIZOU-TCHECU, in Geography, a ci'r of China, of 

 the firft clais, in the province of Quang-fi, on the river 

 Long. N. lat. 24.- 12'. E. long. ic8 47'. 



LIZY-suR-OuRCQ, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Seine and Marne, and chief place of a canton,, 

 in the diftritt of Meaux. ' The place contains rioo, and. 

 the canton 11,885 inhabitants, on a territory of 24c kilio- 

 metres, in 28 commnnes. 



LLALA, a town of Peru, in the audience of Lima;, 

 100 miles N. of Lima: 



LLAMA, or Glama, in Zaolegy: See Camelus. 

 LLANBADARN Vawr, in Geography, a market town- 

 and parifli in the hundred of Genecin Glyn, Carditjanlhire, 

 Wales. This place is fuppofed to have been anciently called: 

 Mauritania, and to have changed its name in the ilxth cen- 

 tury, in memory of St. Patcrnus, who built a monaftery 

 here, which was afterwards conftituted an epifcopal fee. 

 This dignity it retained till the inhabitants, quan-elling with 

 the bifhop, murdered him, when it was united to the fee of 

 St, David's. The government of the town is \-efted in a " 

 portreve. It has a fmall harbour ; but the little trade it 

 formerly poffeflTed has of late years been transferred to 

 Aberyftwilh. The market for meat is now likewife held at 

 the fame place, fo that this town is much declined. The 

 ancient church, built in the form of a crofs, and furmounted 

 by a maflive fquare tower, is a large edifice, in an eaily 

 llyle of architefture. It is remarkable as the feat of one 



