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series ; there are, however, two other rudimentary series of small, keeled scales on each side 

 of the belly. The fore limbs extend to the end of the snout, the hind limbs nearly to the 

 axil. The claws are feeble, and each has at its base a small, dilated disk belonging to the 

 skin of the toe. 



Back brownish- or greenish-olive; a brown band, darkest on its edges, runs from the 

 nostril through the eye to the tympanum, and is soon lost. There is a green, iridescent, 

 black-edged band on each side of the back in old specimens. Lateral parts greenish, the 

 lower yellowish. 



Two specimens have been procured at Ningpo. 



Length of the head f rds of an inch, of trunk 2 inches, of tail (reproduced) 7 inches. We 

 have given a figure of the whole animal ; and outlines of the lower jaw, of the anal region, 

 and of a portion of the back, to show the six dorsal series of scales. 



CABRITA, Gray. 



Nostrils on the ridge of the snout, between an upper and lower nasal plate, 

 both being rather swollen ; a small hinder nasal. Eyelids present ; collar 

 none, only a small fold before each shoulder. Ventral scales four-sided, 

 smooth, longitudinally arranged. Femoral pores. Toes 5 — 5, keeled be- 

 neath, not toothed on the sides. 



I have not had an opportunity of examining this Lizard, which is known from descriptions 

 drawn up by Milne-Edwards, Bibron, and Gray. 



CaBEITA LESCHENAULTII. 



Lacerta leschenaiiltii, Milne-Edw, Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi. pp. 80, 86. pi. 6. fig. 9 (bead). 

 Calosaura leschenaultii, Dum. ^ Bibr. Erpet. yen. v. p. 262. 

 Cabrita bruniiea, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist, i. p. 282. 



Two loreals ; the central occipital very small. The lower eyelid transparent ; temples with 

 small, hexagonal, keeled scales of equal size. Dorsal scales keeled, rhombic. Ventral scales 

 in six longitudinal and twenty-five or twenty-six transverse series. Vent covered with a larger 

 central scale, surrounded by other small ones. Fifteen or sixteen femoral pores. Brown, 

 with two broad whitish bands on each side, the upper arising from the superciliary and 

 running along the side of the back, the lower proceeding from below the eye and ear along 

 the middle of the side. 



Total length 5^ inches, of head and trunk 2 inches. 



