2. Anolius biniaculata, of Sparimann, is little more than half the size of the former species, but with the same general form and habits, and with a similar crest upon the first half of the tail. The general colour is a greenish blue, clear on the top of the bead and neck, but mixed with dark brown on the body, tail, and extremities, and marked with numerous small black spots on the head and sides, and two large ones on the shoulders, from which it derives its specific name. It is found in North America, from Pennsylvania to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Antilles.
The second subdivision of the genus Anolius consists of species without a carinated crest on the tail, but in no other respect differing from those already described. Of these the principal are : 3. Anolius equestris, of Merrem, of which the tail, more flattened on the sides than in the following species, still retains a slight indi cation of the crest which distinguishes those of the former division. The body of this species measures about a foot in length, and the tail is nearly a foot and a half.
4. Anolius Cepedii, of Merrem, is a pretty little species, found likewise in the Antilles, about half the size of the last, of a green colour, with a short muzzle spotted with brown, and, except in the absence of the crest on the tail, very similar to the Anolius bimactdata.
5. Anolius lineatus, of Daudin, resembles the last species in its pure bright green colour, but it is rather larger, and is marked along each flank with two parallel lines of oblong black spots, the upper of which passes over the arms and thighs, and the under between the shoulders and hips. It inhabits different parts of South America.
6. Anolius ballaris, of Merrem, first described by Catesby in his Natural History of Carolina,' under the name of the Green Lizard, is a very beautiful species, of a greenish gold colour, particularly die tinguished by a black band on the temples, and the elongated and flattened form of its muzzle.