472 CHAMiELEONTID^. 



millim. niillira. 



Total length 228 219 



From end of snout to extremity of man- 

 dible 32 33 



From end of snout to extremity of casque 50 47 



Depth of skull (mandible included) .... 37 35 



Width of head 20 20 



Body 92 96 



Tibia 25 24 



Tail 104 90 



"West Africa (Calabar to Gaboon), 



a-b. 2 ^ ^c^- Old Calabar. A. Murray, Esq. [P.]. 



c. c?. Old Calabar. 



d-e, J & yg- Camaroons. D.. G. llutherford, Esq. [C.]. 



f-ff. (S 2 • Camaroons. 



h. S • Fernando Po. 



42, Chamaeleon melleri. 



Ensirostris melleri, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 478, pi. xxxii. 

 fig. 1, 



Casque moderately elevated, acutelj* pointed posteriorly, with 

 strong parietal crest ; a strong crest along the upper surface of 

 the snout, ending in a compressed bony (?), scaly, pointed rostral 

 appendage, directed forwards and upwards ; lateral crest strong ; 

 upper head-scales small ; a very large occipital dermal flap, emar- 

 ginate in the middle, covered with large flat round tubercles, 

 Scales on the body granular, intermixed with numerous round sub- 

 conical tubercles ; a low, festooned dorsal and caudal crest, supported 

 by the spinous vertebral processes ; no gular nor ventral crest ; sides 

 of throat with longitudinal series of slightly enlarged tubercles. 

 1^0 tarsal process. Tail about as long as head and body. 



Female unknown. 



millim. 



Total length 390 



From end of snout to extremity of mandible . . 38 

 From end of snout to extremity of casque .... 55 



Rostral process 11 



Depth of skull (mandible included) 33 



Width of head 18 



Body 152 



Tibia 30 



Tail 200 



Interior of East Africa. 



a. (5,btufled. Moiiiitaiiis in the interior Dr. Meller [P.]. (Type.) 

 of E. Africa. 



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