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D. onAxnis, Gray. 



Head, ucck, aud gular poncli ycllnwisli. Back purplisli-hrown, lilar on the sides. 

 Seven oblique dark blue streaks down the throat. Sides of body with oblique lozenge- 

 shaped red or yellow spots. A discontiimous mulberry-brown nuelial and dorsal 

 crest. Scales of crest partly green and yellow. Tail banded. This is the colouring 

 of the male. The female is ju-obably nnu h duller. 



Length twenty-two inches, of which the tail measures si.x.teen. 



luluibits I'euaug and Pegu. 



BkOXCUOCELA, Kllllj). 



Scales regularly arranged with the tips dii-eeted backwards aud downwards. 

 Tympanum naked. Gular sack small. Tail very long. 



B. CIUSTATELLA, Kulll. 



Scales small, in 40 rows, between the vertebral line and the belly, and 14 on the 

 belly = '.)l in all. Colour uniform grass green. Grows to 20 inches. 



Inhabits the Malayan countries and the -Nicobars. 



The Karens call a green lizard the "green viper blooihucl;er" and it may b(! either 

 this species or Caloles viridis, Gray, of which little is known. In ISronelweela the 

 scales are directed backwards and ' dowincards,' whereas they point ' iijjwards' ia 

 Caloies. 



B. juhata, Dum. et Bib. 



Scales in 20 rows between the vertebral line and the belly. Colour green, with 

 usually some yellow spots on the neck. Stoliczku rccoids this species from the 

 Kicobars. 



B. BinoiAXA, W. Bl. 



Scales in about 24 longitudinal rows, between the vertebral lino and belly, on the 

 belly in 12 rows, shari)ly keeled, = (i(), all .sharply keeled. Dorsal row <listiuctly larger. 

 Xo fold before tke shoulder. No enlarged scales behind the superciliary ridge. ^ The 

 liind limb does not quite reach the snout. Colour grass green, paler below, without 

 bauds or ])atclies. 



Length, 3-7; tail, 12 0=1.5-7 inches. 



Inhabits Tavoy. 



Aimther species has been described from Travancoro, II. Inditn, Theobald, with 

 also over oO rows of scales round the body, but with a distinct shoulder fold, lined 

 with minute black scales. 



Calotes, Cuvier. 



Scales with the tips directed backwards and upwards. 



C. MTSTACEUS, Dum. ct Bib. 



A fold before the shoulder. C(dour brown or ruddy vinous, with a conspicuous 

 white band from nostril to behind the shoulder. Seasonably the males (and some 

 females) assume a gorgeous li-s ery, the entire fore part of the body tiu'ning a bright 

 deep blue, red-mottled on the throat. The largest specimen I ever measured was 

 thirteen inches, of which the tail measured eight and a half ; but Stoliczka records 

 one sixteen inches, and Giinther one of twcntij-four ; from Ceylon, though no Burmese 

 specimens attain that size. 



Inhabits Arakan, Pegu, Tenasserim, Ceylon. Siam and the Nicobars. 



Dr. Mason thus writes of this species: " This is a very common species in gardens 

 in Toung-ngoo. A pair made their home in the mango trees near my study window. 

 The female blundered into the house a few days ago, but I found her a very 

 unattractive animal of a uniform earth-brown colour. The male, however, is .some- 

 times a beauty. He may be often seen jerking his head up and down, with the head, 

 pouch and whole front of the body a glowing ultramarine l)lue, contra.sting beautifully 

 with the reddish-brown of the hinder part of the body and the tail. From the nose 

 to the shoulders, below the eye, is a broad white band, wliich is interrupted by three 

 reddish-brown patches, in line with tlie white band, before reaching the uniform 



