218 Gen. Hardwicke and Mr. Gray 



crest of simple compressed spines only extends from the occiput to 

 the middle of the back ; tail nearly three times as long as the 

 body. 



Called Ghirsit in Calcutta, 



5. A, minor, n, s. 



Brunnea obscure marmorata, infra pallida ; capite brevi ; capitis 

 caudae membrorum abdominisque squamis ovatis obtusis ; super* 

 ciliis carinatis ; supra aures fasciculis 2 spinarum ; dorsi squamis 

 latissimis, obtuse carinatis ; crista per totura dorsum, vix elevata ; 

 Cauda corpore breviore. 



Var. capite dorsoque asperioribus. 



Inhabits Chittagong. Var. Mhendy Ghat.' Sandy plains. 



Length 6 inches; body 3 J ; tail 2|, 



Brown, marbled with darker, and lower parts pale ; head 

 short ; scales of head, tail, limbs, and belly, ovate, blunt ; 

 eye-brows keeled, with two bunches of spines over the ears; 

 scales of the back very broad, blunt, keeled ; the dorsal crest 

 scarcely raised, extending the length of the back. Tail two-thirds 

 the length of the body. From a drawing. 



The variety has the back and the head more spinous* 



*** Head uniformly scaly ; back simple ; tail uniformly scaly ^ 



6. A. tuberculaia. n. s. 



Viridis flavo marmorata et punctata ; squamis parvis ovatis, 

 caudae et membrorum externe majoribus, carinatis ; femoribus 

 seriebus 3 — 4 tuberculorum conicorum; c^uda corpore duplo 

 longiore, basi incrassata, apice attenuata. 



Inhabits India. 



Length 12 inches ; body and head four ; tail 8. 



Green, marbled and speckled with yellow ; scales small ovate, 

 those of the tail and outer side of the limbs larger, keeled ; hinder 

 thighs, with three or four rows of conical tubercles behind ; tail 

 twice as long as the body, thick at the base, and tapering at the 

 end ; eyebrows keeled, smooth ; teeth simple conical. 



