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fold on each side. Scales of the body directed towards the back, 

 uniform, imbricate, in oblique cross rows ; of the back large ; of 

 the crown smooth. Paratoids spine-bearing. Nape, back and 

 tail with a crest of compressed scales. Femoral pores none. 



* Nape with 2 rows of spines from the back of the eye over the ears. 



The Affghan Galeote. Calotes Maria. 



Green, with 2 spinose keels over the ears, one from the back 

 edge of the eyebrow and the other below it ; tail conical, elongate ; 

 neck with a broad scaly pit in front of the shoulder ; legs varied 

 with yellow. 



a — c. Young, middle-aged and adult. Affghanistan. Presented 



by the India Company. 

 d. Half-grown, in spirits. Khassia hill. Presented by the India 



Company. 



** Nape with an oblique roiv of spines on each side^ above the ears. 



The Galeote. Calotes ophiomachus, Gray^ Griffith^ A. K. 

 ix. 55. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 402. Weigm. H. M. 14. Lacerta 

 Calotes, Linn. S. N. 367. Seba, Thes. i. t. 89,/. 2. t. 93,/. 2. t. 95. 

 /. 3, 4. Laur. Syn. 49. Latr. Rept. i. 260. Daud. Rept. iii. 361, 

 t. 43. Kuhl, Beitr. 108. Agama ophiomachus, Merrem, Tent. 51. 

 A. lineata, Kuhl, Beitr. 108. A. acanthocephala, Kuhl. 



Blue or green (in spirits), with white cross bands ; a crest of 

 large spines on each side of the nape, above the ears; tail conical, 

 with large rhombic scales ; neck with a slight fold on each side, 

 covered with small scales. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Spines over ears flat, broad, forming a con- 



tinued line. India. 



b. Half grown, in spirits. Not in a good state. Spines over ears 



slender, interrupted. India. Presented by Thos. Bell, Esq. 



c. In spirits, like b. India. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



*** Nape with 2 isolated spines above the ears. Neck withotit any 



pit in front of the shoulders. 



The Ghirget. Calotes versicolor, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 

 405. Seba^ i. t. 72,/. 1. t. 93,/ 4. t. 92,/ 1. Agama versicolor, 

 Daud. Rept. iii. 393, t. 44, (young). 3Ierrem, Tent. 51. A. Tiede- 

 manni, Kuhl^ Beitr. 109. Kaup, Isis, 1827, 619, t. 8. Gray, Griff. 

 A. K. ix. 56. A. vultuosa, Harlan, J. A. N. S. Philad. iv. 296, 

 t. 4. A. flavigularis, Daud. A. Indica, Gray, Zool. Journ. 

 Hardw. Icon. ined. t. 74, 76 — 79. 



Reddish yellow, with brown cross bands, (and a white streak 

 on the back in young) ; sides of the face and throat black-streaked ; 

 2 isolated spines, one before the other, on each side the nape above 



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