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Anolis argillaceus Cope. 

 Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1862, p. 176. 



I have never succeeded in finding this species myself. Boulenger placed it 

 in the synonymy of A. loysiana. Gundlach (Erpet. Cubana, 1880, p. 52), how- 

 ever, recognized it as a distinct species. After seeing the specimen which is 

 preserved in the Gundlach collection in Havana I was strongly convinced that 

 Gundlach was correct although as the cases are sealed the specimen could not 

 be examined. On April 6 while collecting at Alto de la Union on Monte Libano 

 near Guantanamo, Mr. C. T. Ramsden, found and sent me a lizard which proves 

 to belong to this species and a comparison with A . loysiana makes it evident that 

 they are not even very nearly related although the head scales are similar in 

 general character. A. argillaceus is brilliantly marbled with yellow and dark 

 brown about the head, has a rosy white dewlap, longitudinal dark brown bands 

 on a speckled light brown field along the body, which is entirely without evidence 

 of spines or tubercles. A. loysiana is perfectly lichen-like in coloration, very 

 pale, ashy gray in general tone with very irregular and only slightly darker 

 markings. A. loysiana is strongly depressed in habit, especially in life, while 

 A. argillaceus is strongly compressed though stoutly built. Its habit recalls 

 that of A . isolepis. 



Anolis semilineatus Cope. 



Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1864, p. 171. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 68, pi. 5, 

 fig. 1. 



This species is confined to Haiti; the only specimens in the collection are 

 from the eastern extremity of the island across from Samana, San Domingo. 

 Boulenger records specimens in the British museum from San Domingo only, 

 so that the species appeared to be localized in this region, until the receipt of 

 ten examples from Diquini, Haiti collected by Mr. W. M. Mann. 



Anolis spectrum Peters. 

 Peters, Monatsb. Akad. wiss Berlin, 1863, p. 136. Boulenger, Cat. lizards, Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 69. 



A rare species confined to Cuba. I know of it from the literature only. 

 Gundlach, who has collected most if not all of the known specimens found it 

 only near Matanzas and Cardenas. 



