474 



CHAM.«LEONTID^. 



a. 6' Mahanova. (Type.) 



^-/ c:?,$,& tgr. E. Betsileo. Rev. W. D. Cowan [C.]. 



9' 6 • Madagascar. 



2. BROOKESIA. 



Chanifeleo, part., Bum. Sf Bihr. iii. p. 203 ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 264. 

 Furcifer, part., Fitzing. Syst. Rcpt. p. 42. 

 Brookesia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G4, p. 476. 



Claws simple ; scales on soles spinose. Tail shorter than the 

 body. 



Madagascar. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A large triangular supraciliary bony process 1. superciliaris,p.4i74i. 

 A large conical tubercle on each side above 



the nostril 2. ebenaui, p. 475, 



A pair of conical tubercles at the end of the 



snout 3. nasus, p. 475. 



1. Brookesia superciliaris. 



Cbamfeleo brookesianus, Gray, Cat. p. 270. 

 Chamseleo superciliaris, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. Vergl. Anat. p. 103; 

 Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi. 1879, p. 484, pi. — . fig. 2, and xii. 

 1881, p. 481, pi. iii. fig. 11. 



brookesiana, Gray, Ann. Phil. (2) ii. 1827, p. 409, and Spicil. 



Zool. p. 2, pi. iii. fig. 3. 



brookesii, Gray, Ch-iff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 63 ; Hum. <§- Bihr. iii. 



p. 235. 



Chamseleon (Furcifer) brookesii, Filzing. Syst. Rept. p. 42. 

 Brookesia superciliaris, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 477. 



Casque angularly emarginate posteriorly, with two large tri- 

 angular processes above the eyes, directed forwards ; the casque 

 rugose, with a few spinose small tubercles on the posterior border ; 

 a ridge on each side, from the orbit to the temporal extremity of 

 the casque, and a pair of others between them, converging pos- 

 teriorly ; an interorbital ridge, extending from one supraorbital pro- 

 cess to the other. A series of bony spines (the transverse processes 

 of the vertebriB) on each side of the vertebral line, projecting at 

 right angles to the axis of the body. No crests ; scales finely granular, 

 intermixed with slightly enlarged tubercles. 



niillim. millim. 



Total length 85 Body 38 



Head 14 Tibia 9 



Width of head 9 Tail 33 



Mad;i'i;ascar. 



