11(2 On a tieio Lizard frjui Yann<xn. 



XVT. — Description of a nexo Lizard of the Genus Acanflio- 

 a;iuray>om Yunnan. By G. A. BoULENGKR, F.R.iS. 



(I'liblished by permissiou of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Acanthosaura varcoce. 



Tleacl once iind oiie-thiid as loii<r as broad ; snout a little 

 longer than the diSiineter of t!ie orbit ; cantiius rostralis and 

 superciliary edge sharp ; tympatuim nearly as large as the 

 eye-openinp; ; upper head-scales unequal, granulate and 

 keeled, a iew, near the ear, raised and spine-like ; 14 or 15 

 scales in a transverse series between the superciliary edges ; 

 8 upper and as many lower labials ; gular scales smaller than 

 largest ventrals. A strong oblique fold in front of the 

 shoulder. Body neither compressed nor depressed; dorsal 

 scales very unequal in size, imbricate, strongly keeled ; 

 nuchal cnst very low, continued on the body as a series 

 of enlarged, strotigly k'eled scales; two interrupted series of 

 strongly enlarged, strongly keeled scales along each side of 

 the back ; ventral scales strongly keeled and mucronate, the 

 median smaller than the laterals. Fourth finger a little 

 longer than third. Hind limb reaching the ear in the male, 

 the shouMer in the female. Tail cylindrical, not crested. 

 Yellowish or reddish brown above, male with a cream- 

 coloured dorso-laieral band ; 5 chevron-shaped blackish bnrs 

 across the back ; .«*ides with a wide-meshed black network ; 

 an oblique black streak from the lower eyelid to the com- 

 missure of the jaws; upper lip cieam-colour; limbs with 

 black cross-bars ; lower parts white. 



6. 2- 



mm. mm. 



Total length 168 187 



Head 19 19 



Width of head 14 14 



Body 44 63 



Fore limb 31 31 



Hind limb 43 43 



Tail 105 115 



Two specimens, preserved in the British Museum — a male 

 from Yunnan Fou and a female from Wuting Chu, — received 

 from Mr. J. Graham in 1914. 



The species is named after Mrs. Graham (maiden name, 

 Varcoe). 



