446 CHAMJELEONTID.I. 



.cT. 2. 



millim. millim. 



Greatest width between lateral cranial 



crests 21 21 



Depth of skull (mandible included) 43 39 



Width of head 27 27 



Itody 128 132 



Tibia 32 31 



Tail 205 200 



India, Ceylon. 



a. J. India. Sir R. IngUs [P.J. 



b. 2 • India. Gen. Ilardwicke [P.]. 



c. cJ. India. Mrs. Dunn [P.]. 



d. c?. India. Zoological Society. 

 e-g. (S $ . Ueccan. Col. Sykes [P.]. 



h-i. Ilgr., dry. Deccau. Col. Sykes [P.]. (Types 



of var. mannoratus.) 

 h. S ■ Dnraazerdiam, Godavery W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



A'alley. 

 l-7n, n. 5 , hgr., Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



o. $ . Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C. 



p. 5 . Calcutta (imported). Capt. Livesay [P. 



q-r. 2 . Singapore (imported). Dr. Cantor. 



s. 2 , stufted. ? 



4. Chamaeleoii calyptratus. 



Cbamseleo calyptratus, A. Dum. Cat. Meth. Rcpt. ^. SI, and Arch. 

 Mus. vi. p. 259, pi. xxi. tig. 1, 



Casque extremely elevated, with strong curved parietal crest ; 

 the distance between the commissure of the mouth and the extre- 

 mity of the casque considerably exceeds the distance between the 

 end of the snout and the extremity of the mandible ; no rostral 

 appendages ; lateral crest not ascending towards the extremity of the 

 parietal crest ; a slight indication of an occipital dermal lobe on 

 each side. Granules on the bod)' not very unequal ; a well-deve- 

 loped crest of compressed pointed lobules along the back and the 

 gular-ventral line. Male spurred (?). 



Size of C. calcaratus. 



Nile. 



5, Chamgeleon basiliscus, (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) 



Chamteleo vulgaris, part., Gra;/, Cat. p. 205. 

 Chama?leon vulgaris, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18(i4, p. 469. 

 Chamaileo basiliscus. Cope, Proc. Ac. Fliilad. 1868, p. 310. 

 Cbania?leon vulgaris, Schrcih. Herp. Eitr. p. 496. 



Casque much elevated posteriorly, with strong curved parietal 

 crest ; the distance between the commissure of the mouth and the 



