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Show 1890.] LIZARD COLLECTION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 81 Body covered with uniform flat juxtaposed scales. Male with praeanal pores. This genus is most nearly related to Homopholis, Blgr., with which it agrees in the structure of the digits, but differs in the juxtaposed scales and the presence of praeanal pores. PLATYPHOLIS FASCIATA. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) Head oviform, very convex; snout as long as the diameter of the orbit, or the distance between the latter and the ear; ear-opening small, round. Upper surface of head with equal granules, which are smaller and more convex than the dorsals ; rostral pentagonal, not cleft above ; nostril pierced between the first labial and three nasals, the anterior of which is large ; ten upper and nine lower labials ; mental small, pentagonal, followed by very small chin-shields passing gradually into the minute granules of the throat. Dorsal scales flat, roundish, smooth, larger than ventrals, which are subimbricate. A pair of anal pores. Greyish olive, with crescentic dark brown bands, broader than the interspaces between them, the anterior on the nape and extending on each side to the eyes, four others on the body ; lower parts marbled with brown. From snout to vent 50 millim., head 15, fore limb 14, hind limb 19. A single male specimen was obtained at Mombasa by Mr. Last, Mr. Grose Smith's entomological collector. ANOLIS PANAMENSIS. (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) Allied to A. beckeri, Blgr. The width of the head equals the length of the tibia, the length once and two thirds the width ; frontal concavity feebly marked, no frontal ridges ; upper head-scales slightly rugose, not keeled; scales of the supraorbital semicircles enlarged, separated in tbe middle by one series of scales; enlarged supraocular scales numerous, smooth ; occipital larger than the ear-opening, separated from the supraorbitals by two or three series of scales ; cantbus rostralis moderate, canthal scales four or five; nine or ten upper labials to below the centre of the eye; ear-opening small, roundish. Gular appendage moderate. Body scarcely compressed. Dorsal and lateral scales equal in size, minute, granular, smooth ; ventrals larger, smooth. The adpressed hind limb reaches the neck ; digital expansions well developed ; 24 lamellae under phalanges n. and m . of the fourth toe. Tail slightly compressed, with a dorsal series of enlarged flat scales. Greyish-olive above, marbled with whitish and dark brown ; lower parts whitish, dotted with brown. millim. millim. Total length 115 Fore limb 20 Head 15 Hind limb 31 Width of head 9 Tibia 9 Body 35 Tail 65 Two male specimens from Panama. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1890, No. VI. 6 |