On new or little -known species of Reptiles collected in Ceylon. 25 



Sp. 3. Phoenicothraupis rubicoides (Lafr.). 



Saltator rubicoides, Lafr. E-ev. Zool. 1844, p. 41. 

 Phoenicothraupis I'ubicoides, Cab. M. H. p. 24. 



Hah, in Mexico (Lafr.), Guatimala. 



Sp. 3. Phcenicothraupis gutturalis, Sclater. 



P. niger : vertice cristate cum gutture medio coccineis : rostro 

 pedibusque nigris. 

 Long, tota 7-35; alse 3-8; caudse 3-3 (poll. angl). 



Hab. in Nova Grenada (?). 



The plumage is of a nearly uniform brown-black; bill and 

 feet deep black ; an elongated vertical crest and the middle of 

 the throat crimson : the nape of the neck and upper breast are 

 slightly tinged with the crimson colour. The extreme tips of 

 some of the crest feathers are black ; the chin and sides of the 

 throat are black. 



49 Pall Mall, Nov. 24, 1853. 



III. — Descriptions of new or little-known species of Reptiles col- 

 lected in Ceylon. By E. F. Kelaart, M.D., F.L.S. &c. 



Order SAURIA. 



Tribe Geissosaura. 



Fam. AcoNTiAD^. 



Genus Nessia, Gray. 



Nessia Burtoni (?), Gray. 



Dark rufous brown above, and spotted longitudinally with 

 darker brown spots ; dark gray beneath, clouded and indistinctly 

 spotted. Tail cylindrical, rounded at the end, and coloured 

 and spotted like the body. Limbs four, very small, each with 

 three subequal toes, clawed. 



Length 5^ inches. 



Hab. Allagalla, 3000 ft., and Kaduganava, 2500 ft. 



If our identification is correct, it would appear probable that 

 the only specimen in Europe, found in the Army Medical Offi- 

 cers^ Museum at Fort Pitt, was sent from Ceylon. The speci- 

 men was named after Staff Surgeon Burton, who was the Curator 

 of the Museum when Dr. Gray visited that establishment. 



