Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 41 



Length of the head, Of inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk. 3 



Ditto ditto tail, 5| 



8-| inches, 



The intestinal canal of a female measured : 



Small Intestines, 3 inches. 



Large „ Of 



Ccecum ,, Of 



The capacious stomach contained remains of insects, particularly of 

 the gigantic black ant, inhabiting the Malayan hill forests. The first 

 portion of Duodenum is much widened till within a quarter of an inch 

 from Pylorus, where Ductus coledochus enters. Ccecum is of a short 

 crescent shape, much widened as well as the large intestine. In the 

 abdominal cavity appeared 5 eggs, of an oval form, yellowish white 

 colour, each half an inch in length. 



Gen. Leiolepis, Cuvier, apud DumSril and Bibron. 



Head sub-pyramidal cpiadrangular with minute, polygonal, tubercular 

 scales. Tympanic membrane a little sunk. Tongue scaly on the 

 anterior, papillary on the posterior half, apex bifid. Chest with a 

 transversal fold in front. Two canines in each jaw. Trunk sub-cylin- 

 drical with granular scales above ; beneath with larger, smooth, imbri- 

 cate, rectangular scales. Femoral pores. Tail conical, very long; 

 the root broad and depressed, the rest excessively slender. 



To these characters it will be necessary to add : Skin of the sides of 

 the trunk excessively lax, capable of being expanded into a large icing- 

 like membrane by means of the six anterior, very long, spurious ribs. 



Leiolepis bellii, (Gray.) 



Syn. — Uromastix»bellii, Gray. 



Uromastix belliana, ill. Ind. Zool.* 



Leiolepis guttatus, Cuvier, apud-fj^^, an(1 Bibron , 



Cynosaurus punctatus, Schlegel. 

 Leiolepis bellii, Gray : Catal. 



* In the supposition that this incorrectly drawn and coloured figure has been taken 

 from the living animal, M. M. Dumeril and Bibron have been led to publish an erroneous 

 description and figure. The last description of this species of Mr. Gray appears to be 

 founded on the same authority. It runs thus : " Olive with black edged white spots and 

 a black edged white streak on each side, beneath whitish." Catal, &c. p. 263. 



