134 AGAMID^. 



C. A long oblique or curved fold in front of 

 shoulder, extending across throat or 

 nearly so. 

 a. Two slender spines on each side of back 

 of head. 

 a'. No spine at posterior corner of orbit. . C. rouxii, p. 142. 

 h' . A small slender spine behind supra- 

 ciliary edge C. eUioti, p. 142. 



h. No slender spines 0]i head Cfece, p. 143. 



A species named by Blyth Salea gularis, J. A. 8. B. xxii, 1853, 

 p, 473, footnote, from Mirzapur (?), probably belongs to tliis 

 genus, but is not recognizable from tlie description. 



142. Calotes microlepis. 



Calotes microlepis, BtndeiKj. Ann. 3Iuh. (hnova, (2) v, 1887, p. 470, 

 pi. vi, fig. 1. 



Head narrow, twice as long as broad, deeper than broad, co^■ered 

 with unequal-sized, juxtaposed, feebly keeled scales, witbont 

 tubercles or spines ; tympanum not quite half the diameter of the 

 orbit. Gular pouch not developed; gular scales feebly keeled, a 

 little larger than ventrals. No fold in front of the shoulder. 

 Nuchal crest composed of small spines ; dorsal crest a slightly 

 serrated ridge. 05 scales round the middle of the body, all keeled, 

 upper dorsals largest and directed backwards, laterals directed 

 downwards and backwards. The hind limb reaches the axilla; 

 third and fourth fingers equal, about as long as the fifth toe. Tail 

 slightly compressed. Orange above, golden yellow on the sides 

 and below ; sides with black specks ; black lines radiate from the 

 eye, two of which are prolonged, the upper to the tympanum, the 

 lower to the commissure of the mouth. 



From snout to vent 2-Q inches ; tail 6. 



Hah. Pla-pu, Mountains of Northern Teuasserim, 3300-3GOO 

 feet. 



143. Calotes cristatellus. 



Agama cristatella, Ktihl, Beitr. Zool. vergl. Anat. p. 108. 

 Bronchocela cristatella, Giinth. Rent. B. I. p. 138 ; Theob. Cut. 



p. 104. 

 Bronchocela moluccana {non Less.), llwoh. I. c. 

 Bronchocela bunnana, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlvii, 1878, p. 127. 

 Calotes cristatellus, Boukiuj. Cat. Liz. i, p. 316. 



Upper head-scales rather small, keeled, slightly enlarged on 

 supraorbital region ; a few more or less distinct, erect, compressed 

 scales behind the supraciliary edge ; tympanum half, or more than 

 half, the diameter of the orbit. Gular ])ouch very small; gular 

 scales keeled, smaller than ventrals, distinctly larger than latero- 

 dorsals. No oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Nuchal crest 

 composed of erect compressed spines, the longest never equalling 



