360 AGAMID^. 



twice as long as the distance from gular fold to vent ; the scales 

 strongly keeled, shortly mucronate, forming regular annuli. Male 

 with a patch of anal pores. Olive-hrown above, spotted or reticu- 

 lated with blackish ; the vertebral region usually lighter ; lower 

 surfaces whitish in the female, with bluish network ou the throat, 

 dark blue in the breeding male. 



Total length. . 265 millim. Fore limb 60 millim. 



Head 32 „ Hind limb 89 „ 



Width of head 29 „ Tail 143 „ 



Body 90 „ 



Abyssinia ; Arabia. 



a. S • Abyssinia. W. Jesse, Esq. [C.]. 



h-d. 2 & yg. Tigrg, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



30. Agama annectens. 



Agama annectens, Blanf. Zool. Ahyss. p. 446, fig. 



Head depressed ; snout as long as the diameter of the orbit ; 

 nostril lateral, slightly tubular, on the canthus rostralis. Upper 

 head-scales smooth ; occipital not enlarged ; a few small spinose 

 scales on the side of the head near the ear ; latter entirely exposed, 

 much larger than the eye-opening. Throat much plicate : no gular 

 pouch. Body depressed ; dorsal scales small, rhomboidal, imbricate, 

 very slightly keeled, largest on the vertebral region, very small on 

 the sides ; scattered small spines on the nuchal region ; ventral 

 scales perfectly smooth, nearly as large as the median dorsals. 

 Limbs long and strong ; digits compressed ; fourth finger very 

 slightly longer than third ; fourth toe a little longer than third, fifth 

 extending beyond first. Tail compressed, covered with moderately 

 large keeled scales forming annuli in front, but becoming gradually 

 imbricate towards the tip. Male with a double row of praeanal 

 pores. Rufous-brown above, with small irregular blackish rings 

 and a lighter vertebral band. 



Total length (tail broken) 285 millim. Body 102 millim. 



Head 33 „ Pore limb .... 71 „ 



Width of head 29 „ Hindlimb 105 „ 



Abyssinia. 



a. S ' Sooroo Pass. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. (One of 



the types.) 



31. Agama stoliczkana. 



Stellio stoliczkanus, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliv. 1875, p. 191, 

 and 2nd York. 3Itss., Kept. p. 3, pi. i. figs. 1, 2. 



Head depressed, its length considerably exceeding its breadth ; 

 nostrils directed backwards, situated below the canthus rostralis. 

 Upper head-scales smooth ; occipital not enlarged ; some spinose 

 scales round the tympanum ; groups of spinose scales scattered over 

 the sides and back of the neck, the former being the larger. Throat 



