230 
IFeh. 1. 
Hides smntt qundirMe scft]e.% in two r(>w<» to eacli of the dorsal rows. 
Ventral plates targe, in six longitiitiinfl] series, the middle ones 
sfjtiflrish, the outer roniKled. Prtcanal scutes four or six, nrrftng^ed 
m deseribed ahovc. Four series of sqnare, smooth, inferior caudal 
liktes ; thorn above eiougated, keeled, without potnti. Tail gene- 
rally with ft lateral groove. Femoral pores sii to nuie. 
Above light brown ; head variegated with darker. A eentral dark 
longitudinal atrijie and a lateral one on eaeh side» beneath which a 
light vitta extends from the temporal res^ion the whole length of the 
side, again bordered iiiferiorly with black. Sides with a series of 
eight or nine large ocelli black with white centres; another, pure 
white, lower lateral stripe from the labials and beneath the eye. 
Entire ventral surface yellowish ; each ventral, anal, and lower 
cnndal scute with a central black dot. Tail above and below light 
brown or yellowisli, the dorsal tints fading and the stripes ceasing 
over the rump. 
millim. 
ToUl length 102 
Distance of tip of snout from ear-opening. . 12 
t» „ „ fore limb . . 18 
„ » „ vent . . 43 
Length of fore limb , 15 
„ fnurtli linger on fore limb, .... 4 
„ hind limb 20 
„ third hind toe 4j 
,j fourth hind toe ............. . &i 
Beside the other difTerences noted above^ Prof. Petcrs's type spe- 
cimen showed only two anterior lateral ocelli. Its locality is given 
as the mountain region of Santa V6 de Bogota. Of the four col- 
lected by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, one is from Pallatanga^ and 
three are from Canclos. 
1, CKncosAURA (Pantodactvi-us) EmCtJLATA, sp. n. (Plate 
XXXL % I). 
Inter nasal broad, fronto-nasals pentagonal, with one side in con- 
tact ; frontal short ; fron to- parietal s separate ; interparietal long and 
Btraigbt; parielnls also with straight inner edge, broader than the 
inter^iarietal, and rounded externally ; these three plates evenly 
truncate on the posterior Une of the head, and followed by two trans' 
verse rows of small plntes, precedin-; the regular scales of the nape» 
(here bffing no true ocei|)iial shields. Head-shields smooth, with- 
out any ridges. Sujtraorbitals three. One frcnal. Snpralabials 
seven, none of them elongate; infratabials si.x. Temporal scales ir- 
regular, polygonal, rather large. A single mental sliicid behind the 
svm])liysial, and four |}airs of postmentals, the two first in contactt 
thi> others separated by narrow intervening scales. A double scries of 
large gular shields ending in the very indistinct collar before the chest. 
Scales of the entire upper surface and slides of the body very narroiv, 
elongalc, and keeled^ of the same type as those of C. sckrmher^ii^ 
