18^ Catalogue of Rej)tihs. 



c. young stuffed. 



e. ditto ditto. Java. Batavian Society. 



/, g. ditto, in spirit. 



h. skeleton of adult female. 



Head, 26 ; Body, 72 ; Mutlah. A. Stunner and 



Tail 96 = 195 inches H. B. Farr, Esq. 



y. skull of very young 



animal. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 



4 inches, premaxillary 

 suture very direct, may 

 belong to trigonops (?). 



J. very large slvull, 29 inches 



m. n. 0. 00. skulls of adults 



on. no. skulls of half grown 



animals, (imperfect.) 



The synonymy of our Indian crocodiles is very confused, but the 

 specimens in the Museum of the Asiatic Soceity clearly illusti^ats the 

 three species found in the countiy. 



Firstly, of CrocodUns iiorosus, there are 4 stuffed specimens, 2 in 

 spiHt and two skulls. From this poverty of specimens, I should argue 

 that this species is not common in Lower Bengal. It, however, 

 abounds in Pegu and is " the crocodile'' of that Province. It is a well 

 marked species, which cannot be well confounded with either of the 

 others. 



Secondly, of Crocodilvs trigono'ps, the Society possesses one stuffed 

 specimen (as I believe it to be) and two skulls, one skull from Western 

 India, the other spolia without record. Of this species I also possess 

 a skull of an animal shot by myself in the Nerbudda, of which most 

 unfortunately I have no notes. 



From Mr^ Gray's description of its triagonal shape, I refer these 

 skulls to his trigonops, as they are verj^ nearly two-thirds as broad 

 across the condyles, (measured straight) as long : my specimen measur- 

 ing from back of head to insertion of 1st tooth 19.10, across condyles 

 12.25. Besides its trigonal shape, a distinctive mark of this species is 

 the premaxillary suture which runs straight across the palate from 

 notch to notch. The region of the extenial nares is very tumid, with 

 a deeply sunken interspace behind it, giving a very pugnose physio- 

 gnomy to the animal, very much more so than in G. imlusiris. In front 

 of the orl)its, a semicircular fossa marks the suture of the facial bones, 

 contrasting by its smoothness with the pitted surface of the face. The 

 style of pitting differs moreover from skull of G. 2Jcdnstris in being 

 more regular, the pits more circular than elongaia, and not given to 

 anastomosing so much as in G. iialm^fris. It is an extremely well 

 marked species, but is not alluded to by Prof, Huxley in his instruc- 

 tive ])aper on these saurians in Proc. Lin. Soc, February, 1859, from 

 the fact, as I presume, of the British Museum containing onl}^ two 

 young stuffed specimens, which would not afford proper data for 

 remark. It would seem to be a small species : my specimen, which 

 seemed nearly adult, was not more than eight feet, if I recollect 

 rightly. It was shot too under peculiar circumstances. Dropping 

 down the Nerbudda in a canoe, I saw what I took for a stone lying in 

 a hole in the steep bank of the river. The hole not being more than 2 



