270 REPTILES. 



Brookes' Chameleon. Chameleo Brookesianus, Gray^ Phil. 

 Mag. 1827, 419. C. Brookesii, Gray, Spic. Zool. 2, t. 3,/. 3. 

 Griff. A. K. ix. 53. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 235. C. supercilia- 

 ris, Kuhl, Beytr. 



Head cubic, forked in front ; eyebrows angular, produced ; 

 dorsal and ventral line not denticulated, with a row of spines on 

 eacli side of the back ; tail rather short, thick at the base. 



a. Adult ? in spirits. From Mr. Brookes' collection. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Page 5, after Typhlopsidce, insert : — 



20*Uropeltid^. Head conical. Rostral shield short, triangu- 

 lar, erect, produced behind. Tail obliquely truncated above. 



Page 17. Change the name of Callopistes jiavipunctatus to C. 

 maculatus, Gravenh. Act. A. Nat. Cur. xviii, 744, t. 55, f. 1, 



Page 39. Ereniias arguta, add : — 



a. Adult, in spirits. Kirghiz Steppes. From Mr. Brandt's col- 



lection. 



Page 48. Zonurus Derbianus, add Cordylus giganteus, A. Smith, 

 III. Z. S. Africa, Rept. t. 35, 36, adult and young. 



Page 50, Gerrhosaurus Jlavigularis, add : — 



b. Adult, in spirits. Scales of the sides distinctly keeled. S. Afri- 



ca. Presented by Dr. Richardson. 



Page 50. Gerrhosaurus typicus, ventral shields 10- (not 16-) row- 

 ed; and add, occipital shields 5-sided. 



Page 50. Gerrhosaurus Bibronii, add A. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. 



Rept. t. 38,/. 1, male. 



Olive, with 4 longitudinal pale brown streaks on the back, the 

 two central narrow and close ; throat red ; occipital shield rhom- 

 bic ; ventral shields 8-rowed. 



Page 56. Pseudopus Pallasii, add : — 



h. Young, in spirits. Interparietal plate large, convex, with some 

 large plates near. Xanthus. Presented by Dr. Richardson. 



