466 CHAMiELEONXID^.- 



tnillim. 



Total length 330 



From end of snout to extremity of mandiblo 43 



From end of snout to extremity of casque . . 54 



Greatest width of casque 28 



Depth of skull (mandible included) 35 



Body 117 



Tibia 27 



Tail 170 



Madagascar. 



a-b, S- Near Antananarivo. (Types.) 



c. S • Near Antananarivo. Rev. J. Wills [C.]. 



d. J . Madagascar. 



34. Chamseleon parsonsii. 



Chameeleo parsonii, Gray, Cat. p. 269. 

 Parsons, Philos. Trans. Win. 1768, p. 192, pi. viii. 

 Chamseleo parsonii, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. p. 269, pi. xvi. figs. 30-31, and 

 R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 60 ; Dimi. §• Bibr. iii. p. 231. 



madecassus. Lesson, III. Zool. pi. xxxv. 



Dicranosaura parsonii, Gray, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 479. 



Casque rather strongly elevated and broadly rounded or truncate 

 posteriorly, without parietal crest, and with obtuse, tubercular lateral 

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

 extremity of the occiput exceeds the length of the mouth ; male with 

 two large, compressed, tubercular, bony processes, directed upwards 

 and outwards ; head-scales very unequal in size; a narrow dermal 

 lobe on each side, behind the temple. Body and limbs covered with 

 uniform flat granules ; no dorsal, nor gular, nor ventral crest ; gular 

 granules intermixed with enlarged round tubercles. No tarsal pro- 

 cess. Tail a little longer than head and body. A whitish longitu- 

 dinal band on each side. 



millim. 



Total length 570 



From end of snout to extremity of mandible . 55 



From end of snout to extremity of casque . . 80 



Greatest width of casque 35 



Depth of skull (mandible included) 55 



Body 205 



Tibia 40 



Tail 310 



Madagascar, Mauritius. 



a. 2 > stuffed. IMadagascar. 



b. S , skeleton. Madagascar. 



