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the mesial line, and a number of black ocellated spots, 

 arranged almost continuously in somewhat irregular oblique 

 fasciae, each of these spots having a white pupil. There 



are in this, as in the one described by Mr. Sheppard, about 

 four black spots on the head. This specimen has a 

 remarkably short tail, and some other structural peculiari- 

 ties, which led me at first to suppose that it belonged to a 

 different species ; but I am now satisfied that it is merely 

 a variety of the present one. The comparative shortness of 

 the tail probably arises from its having been mutilated 

 and restored. 



Another variety is that to which I have before alluded, 

 in which the upper parts are more or less of a green hue. 

 In some this colour is brighter and lighter than in others ; 

 but the usual colour is a rather dull brownish-green. Not 





