246 EEPTILES. 



16. Charasia. Agama, part, Gray. 



Head pyramidical, quadi*angular, large, elongated, crown co- 

 vered with small scales. Sides of the face angled, it and the eye- 

 brows edged with series of larger imbricate scales. The nostrils 

 upon the front of the side of the face, just under the face-ridge. 

 The throat rather lax, with a cross fold behind. The paratoids 

 swollen, with a few larger scattered conical scales upon the side 

 of the nape. The nape and back with a very low dentated crest. 

 Scales of the back small, 6-sided, those of the limbs larger, equal, 

 keeled, of the belly rather larger, rhombic, smooth. Tail elon- 

 gate, conical, tapering, with several series of rather larger rhombic 

 scales below, and with a series of larger keeled scales along the 

 middle of the upper surface, the scales of the upper and lower part 

 of the base of the tail larger, callous, horn-like. Femoral and 

 preanal pores none. 



M. Bibron describes the males of this genus as having 6 or 

 10 rhomboidal porous scales in oblique and crossing series in front 

 of the vent : they are not to be seen in our specimens. 



The Charasia. Charasia dorsalis. Agama dorsalis, Graij, 

 Griffith, A. K. ix. 56. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 486. 



Pale brown, beneath paler ; sides of the head, body and limbs 

 black-varied ; lips and streak on each side of the face, under the 

 ears, pale. 



a. In spirits, rather bleached. India. Presented by Gen. Hard- 

 wicke. 



h. Adult, in spirits. India. Presented by the India Company. 



c, d. Young, in spirits. Back darker cross-banded, and with sym- 

 metrical oblong dark-edged pale spots, base of tail not swollen, 

 and without any larger scales. India. Presented by the In- 

 dia Company. 



17. Gindalia. 



Head moderate, subquadrangular, covered with regular keeled 

 scales, of the occiput rather smaller. Face-ridge rather angular, 

 edged with small scales. Paratoids rather swollen, with a ridge of 

 rather larger conical scales over the ears above. Nostrils lateral, 

 medial. Throat rather lax, with a cross fold behind. Xape and 

 back rounded, not crested. Scales of the back equal, rhombic, 

 keeled, placed in longitudinal series ; of the sides smaller, but 

 with the keels forming rather ascending ridges ; of the belly simi- 

 lar, in longitudinal series, with the keels sharp and rather produ- 

 ced at the tip. The tail round, tapering, with imbricate rhombic 

 scales, with the keels forming longitudinal ridges. Femoral and 

 preanal pores none. Toes b-b, unequal. 



