316 



AGAMlSiE. 



C. Dorsal scales as large as or smaller than ventrals. 

 Lateral scales pointing upwards and 



backwards 15. opUomachus, p. 327. 



Lateral scales pointing downwards and » 



backwards; ventrals much larger 



than dorsals 16. nigrilabris, p. 328. 



Lateral scales pointing downwards and 



backwards ; no spines whatever on 



the head 17, liocephalus, p. 329. 



III. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder, extending across the 

 throat. ♦ 



No spine at the posterior corner of 



the orbit 18. rouxii, p. 330. 



A small slender spine behind the supra- 

 ciliary edge 19. elliotti, p. 330. 



1. Calotes cristatellus. 



Bronchocela cristatella, Gray, Cat. p. 241. 

 Agama cristatella, Ktihl, Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat. p. 108, 



gutturosa, Merr. Tent. p. 51. 



Oalotes cristatellusj Fitz. N. Class. Rept. p. 49. 



Agama moluccana, Lesson, Coquille, Rept. pi. i. fifr. 2. 



Calotes gutturosa, Guerin, Icon. R. A., Rept. pi. vii. fig. 3. 



Agama vultuosa, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 56. 



Bronchocela cristatella, Kaup, Isis, 1827, p. 619; Dum. <§• Bibr. iv. 



p. 395 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 30 ; Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., 



Herp. p. 411 ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 138 ; Peters, Man. Berl. 



Ac. 1867, p. 17; Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 27 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. 



Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 178. 

 (Lophodeira) cristateUa, Fitz. Sy.^t. Rept. p. 46. 



moluccana, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 17 ; Stoliczka, 



I. c. p. 179. 



intermedia, Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mas. Genov. xiii. 1878, 



p. 375. 



burmana, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlviii. 1878, p. 127. 



Upper head-scales rather small, keeled, slightly enlarged on supra- 

 orbital region ; a few more or less distinct, erect, compressed scales 

 behind the supraciliary edge ; tympanum half, or more than half, 

 the diameter of the orbit. Gular pouch very small ; gular scales 

 keeled, smaller than ventrals, distinctly larger than latero-dorsals. 

 No oblique fold in front of the shoidder. Nuchal crest composed 

 of erect compressed spines, the longest never equalling the diameter 

 of the orbit ; dorsal crest a mere serrated ridge. 57 to 97 scales 

 round the middle of the body ; dorsal scales keeled, much smaller 

 than ventrals, the upper ones directed upwards and backwards, the 

 others downwards and backwards. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 between the eye and the tip of the snout ; third and fourth fingers 

 equal or nearly so, about as long as the fifth toe. Tail round, sub- 

 triangular at the base. Green, uniform or with reddish-whito 

 markings. 



