LIZARDS. 239 



The DiLOPHYRUs. Dilophyrus grandis. 



Olive green; sides white-spotted, beneath whitish; tail black- 

 banded ; head with lines of rather larger scales ; crest very high, 

 formed of broad compressed close-set scales, with 3 or 4 series of 

 scales on each side of the base, interrupted over the shoulders. 



a — b. Adult, in spirits. Rangoon. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



Iff Ears exposed, superficial. Scales of belly keeled. 



10. TiARis, Dum. et Bib. Lophyrus, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Head triangular, shelving in front. Orbital edge straight, un- 

 armed. Paratoids with only scattered tubercles. Throat with a 

 large compressed pouch, toothed in front and covered with une- 

 qual scales, with an angular cross fold in front of the shoulder. 

 Neck and back with a crest of very long compressed scales. Tail 

 compressed, sharp-edged, toothed above, with 2 rows of elongate 

 keeled scales beneath. Scales of the back rhombic, rather imbri- 

 cate, with scattered larger ones on sides and nape, of the belly ra- 

 ther larger, keeled. Femoral pores none. 



* Crest interrupted over the shoulders. 



The Black-throated Tiaris. Tiaris megapogon. Ca- 

 lotes megapogon, Schlegel, Mus. Leyd. Lophyrus dilophus, Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. iv. 419. Tiaris d. Dum. et Bib. E. G. t. 46. 



Reddish brown, brown-spotted ; crest-scales olive ; the throat- 

 pouch grey-brown, black-dotted ; sides of the head, throat, pouch 

 and body with scattered broad keeled scales ; crest of the tail high 

 like that of the back (from the plate). 



Inhab. New Guinea. Mus. Paris, 1, Mus. Leyden, 2 specim. 



** Crest continued. 



The Spinose Tiaris. Tiaris Bellii. Calotes Bellii, Gray, 

 MS. Mus. Bell, 1836. Lophyrus Bellii, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 

 416. 



Pale olive, obscurely brown-banded ; scales small, sides with 

 some larger keeled scales placed in cross bands, largest towards 

 the belly ; throat-pouch with equal acute scales, with 2 or 3 rather 

 larger more acute ones at the back angle of the lower jaw ; lower 

 jaw with 3 or 4 series of larger more acute scales on the side undev 

 the labial plates ; crest formed of broad compressed scales, of the 

 tail low ; head-scales keeled, with a series of rather larger ones 

 on the nose. 



a — c. Half grown and young, in spirits. Philippine Islands. 

 From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



