£20 Gen. Hardwicke and Mr. Gray 



Above ; beneath pale brown, the thighs with a black spot on the 

 base of the inner or front edge ; scales small, those of the limbs 

 and under side larger ; hind legs with scattered, and the tail 

 with distinct separate rings of spines on the upper surface ; the 

 outer spine on the edge of the tail the largest. 



When old, the skin about the neck and shoulders becomes loose 

 and folded. 



Called by the Hindoos Saara: it is eaten by the lower castes. 



2. U» Belliana. n. s. 



Glivacea; dorso fasciis tribus longitudinalibus, cum seriebus 

 quatuor maeularum albarum nigro-marginatarum alternantibus ; 

 membris maculis albis ocellatis; lateribus nigro maculatis ; squamis 

 parvis, subtus paulo majoribus, caudae paryis verticillatis. 



Inhabits Penang. 



Body 5, tail 9 inches, 



Olive green ; back with three pale black^edged longitudinal 

 streaks, alternating with four rows of black-edged pale coloured 

 spots; legs varied with pale black-edged spots, and the sides 

 ornamented with square black spots; scales small, those of 

 the lower parts rather larger, and those of the tail small an^ 

 placed in verticillate bands ; the bands of pores do not quite meet 

 over the sub-anal region. From a drawing. 



FAM. III. CHAMiELEONIDiE. 

 Gen. 1. CHAMiELEO. 



1. C. vulgaris. 



Lacerta Chamaeleon. Linn, Svst. Nat, i. 364. 20. 

 Lacerta caudatereti brevi. Linn. Ama^n. Acad. i. 571. 



&i.512. 

 Chamaeleo vulgaris. Latr. Rept. 11. Daud. iv. 181. 

 Chamaeleon trapu. Geoff. Rept. d'Egypte. ? 

 Cameleon ordinaire. Cuv, Regn. An. ii. 52. 

 Icon. Seba. i, t. 82. f. 2. dry. — f. 1. in spirits. (Copied 



Encij. Meth. t.— f. 2.) Geoff. St. Ililaire, Rept, 



d'Egypte. t. 4. f. 3. 

 Skeleton. Seba. t. 82. f. 8. Copied Daud. Rept. u t. 



ll.f. 1. 



