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stead of dark brown with gray fleckings as seen in the other species. The tail 

 is light brown, much blotched with gray, and with scattered black dots covering 

 a scale each, instead of dark brown with quite widely scattered light specks. 



Ameiva erythrops Cope. 

 Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1871, p. 221. 



Garman remarks that this form "is not entitled to more than varietal dis- 

 tinction"; nevertheless, owing to the fact that this is an insular race, and that 

 there can never be any geographic continuity of ranges, a binomial is employed 

 for its designation. It is confined to St. Eustatius. Boulenger (Cat. lizards 

 Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 359) considers this a synonym of Gray's A. punctata and 

 A. major, for he considers these both one species. The types of these forms came 

 from the Guianas, and those examined by Dumeril and Bibron (Erpet. gen., 

 1839, 5, p. 117) came from Cayenne and Trinidad; so that this species may be 

 at once erased from the Antillean list, as specimens from Guiana and St. Eusta- 

 tius might reasonably be surmised to be specifically distinct. 



Ameiva erythrocephala (Daudin). 

 Daudin, Hist. nat. rept., 1802, 3, p. 22. Garman, Bull. Essex inst., 1887, 19, p. 9. 



Daudin expressly states that his description is based on specimens from the 

 island of St. Christopher, whence came the large series upon which Garman 

 reported. Boulenger in the Zoological record for 1887, says that this is what 

 he called A . punctata. I have discussed this mainland species under A . erythrops 

 Cope (ante). If this lizard from St. Eustatius should prove to be the same as 

 that from St. Christopher, then Daudin's name is applicable for both, a fact 

 which Boulenger overlooked when writing the catalogue. There are no speci- 

 mens from St. Eustatius in the collection; but from description, I judge the 

 species found there to be distinct, though very closely related. 



Ameiva pleii Dumeril et Bibron. 

 Dumeril et Bibron, Erp6t. gen., 1839, 5, p. 114. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 354. 



A species confined to Martinique. It is related to the South American A. 

 surinamensis. 



Ameiva pluvianotata Garman. 

 Garman, Bull. Essex inst., 1887, 19, p. 6. 



A beautiful species, from Montserrat. The types are M. C. Z., No. 6,086. 



