120 SAURIA. 



This species attains to a length of from 8 to 9 inches. We have seen four specimens : one 

 from Chittagong, two from Russelconda, Madras Presidency, and a fourth from the Anamallay 

 Mountains, collected by Captain R. H. Beddome. W. Elliott, Esq., has also found it in the 

 public bath at Waltair, a suburb of Vizagapatam. 



FAMILY OF AGXMY.^—AGAMID,E. 



Head covered with numerous, very small, flattish or convex shields. 

 Tong-ue thick, attached to the gullet along its whole hase, not, or hut 

 slightly, notched in front. Scales of the back, sides, and belly imbricate, 

 generally rhombic. Tail long, tapering, not fragile. Eye and eyelids well 

 developed ; pupil round. Nostrils in a separate plate. Teeth implanted on 

 the edge of the bones of the jaws ; generally a pair of catiine teeth in front 

 of each jaw. Limbs well developed. 



The family of Agames are spread over almost every part of the Old World and of 

 Australia, being much less numerous in the temperate parts than in the tropical. They are 

 Land Lizards — some, with a compressed body and with a long, more or less compressed tail, 

 li\ing on trees or bushes, whilst others, with a depressed body and with a shorter tail, inhabit 

 rocks or plains. The most slender and the most gaily-coloured forms belong to the former 

 division, the heavier ones with duller colours to the latter. They do not attain to any con- 

 siderable size, and none of the Indian species exceed a foot in length, the tail not inchided. 

 The greater part are insectivorous, but many feed on vegetables (seeds, fruits, leaves) as well 

 as on animals. All are oviparous. The species of British India belong to the following 

 genera : — 



A. Tree Agames, slender in habit, with the body more or less compressed ; tail very long. 

 I. Femoral pores none. 



a. A iving-like expansion on each side of the body. 



Tbroat with a more or less elongate appendage Draco, p. 121. 



b. No lateral unngs ; tympanum hidden. 



Hind leg longer than the body Otoci~yptis, p. 127. 



Body covered with minute scales, several distant series of large scales along the 



trunk ; superciliaiy margins pointed behind Lyriocephalus, p. 128. 



Scales of the upper part of the trunk unequal in size ; an appendage on the 



nose, at least in the male Ceratophora, p. 129. 



Body covered with very large, imbricate, irregular scales Cophotis, p. 131. 



Body covered with small imbricate scales, between which larger ones are inter- 

 mixed; hind legs shorter than the body J no rostral appendage .... Japalura, ^. 132. 



