on the Saurian Reptiles of India. 219 



Gen. 2. Draco. Linn, 



1. D. abbreviata. n. s. 



Squamis parvis ; ad alarum marginem membrorumque pos-^ 

 teriorum latera squamis ovalibus compressis ciliata; alis partiin 

 femoribus adnatis subtus maculatis; gula brevi, thoracem attin-p . 

 gente. 



Inhabits Singapore. 



Length 12 inches; body 5; tail 7 inches. 



Scales small, body on the edge of the wings and the sides of 

 the hind legs fringed with compressed ovate scales ; wings partly 

 attached to the thighs, beneath spotted j the central pouch of the 

 throat reaching to the thorax. 



2. D. Sfusciata, n. s. 



Squamis parvis, caudai paulo majoribus ; membris posticis 

 squamis ovatis compressis marginatis ; alis fasciis quinque nigris 

 cseruleo-marginatis ; gula thoracem longe superante. 



Draco viridis. Kuhl, Beitr. 102 ? * - 



Body 4 inches ; tail 5| inches. 



Scales small, those of the tail rather larger ; hind legs edged 

 with ovate compressed scales. Wings with five black bands, 

 edged with blue. The central pouch of the throat reaching 

 beyond the thorax. 



3. D. viridis, Daud, Rept, iv. t. 41. good. 

 Pale, wings and body dotted, and marbled with black. Tail 

 just twice as long as the body. 



A drawing from an animal brought from Java. 



Gen. 3. Uromastix. 



1. U» Hardwickii. Gray^Mss. 



Supra virescens nigro punctulata brunneoque marmorata ; 

 subtus pallide brunnea; femoribus posticis macula nigra ad basin 

 internum ; squamis membrorum parvis, infra corpus majoribus ; 

 tibiarum spinis sparsis ; caud^ supra annulis spinarum distinctis. 



Inhabits the sandy plains of Kanouge, in Hindustan. 



Greenish, punctulated with black, and marbled with brown 



