LIZARDS. 245 



keeled, of belly and throat keeled ; neck with an oblique (black- 

 ish) fold on each side in front of the shoulders. 



a. Half-grown ? in spirits. Affghanistan. Presented by the In- 

 dia Company, 



Roux's Galeote. Calotes Rouxii, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 

 407. 



Fulvous, uniform (or with some black spots) ; 2 small spines, 

 one after the other, on each side of the nape ; an oblique plait in 

 front of each shoulder ; scales of the sides small, rather less than 

 the ventral ones ; upper part of the base of the tail angular, with 

 very large strong scales ; eyebrows unarmed. 



'inhab. India. Mus. Paris, 2 specimens, not good state. 



The Whiskered Ghirget. Calotes mystaceus, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iv. 408. 



Fulvous, with a white streak from under the eye to the shoul- 

 ders; 2 small spines in a line on each side of the nape; an oblique 

 plait before each shoulder ; scales of the sides large, rather larger 

 than the ventral ones ; upper part of the base of the tail suban- 

 gular, with (moderate) scales like the rest near them. 



Inhab. Birman Empire. Mus. Paris, 1 specimen, given by 

 Mr. Tennant. 



**** Toes 5-5. Tail rather compressed, ivith several series of trun- 

 cated keeled scales beneath. Scales of the body small, keeled, 

 rough, in cross rings. 



15. Chelosania. 



Head large, covered with small rather unequal not imbricate 

 scales. Sides of the face rounded, without any large scales upon 

 the edge of the eyebrows. Paratoids swollen, unarmed. Nostrils 

 lateral, medial. Throat lax, with a slight cross fold behind. The 

 sides of the neck unarmed. Nape and back with a crest of low 

 angular distant scales. Body compressed, with rings of rather 

 small rhombic keeled rough uniform scales placed in cross rings ; 

 of the belly rather larger, obliquely keeled ; of the limbs larger. 

 Tail elongated, tapering, rather compressed, with keeled scales, 

 those of the under side rather truncated, the keel of the scales of 

 the end forming ridges, the upper surface slightly keeled, subden- 

 tated. Toes 5-5, moderate, unequal. Femoral and preanal pores 

 none. 



The Chelosania. Chelosania brunuea, Gray, Zool. Erebus 

 and Terror, t. 



Pale brown, rather paler beneath. 



a. In spirits. W. Australia. From Mr. Bynoe's collection. 



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