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1. Phumanola namaquensis. B.M. 



Chamceleo namaquensis, A. Smith, Zool. Journ. 1831 ; A. Dum. 

 Arch, du Mus. vi. t. 22. f. 3*. 



C. tuberculiferuSy Gray, Cat. B. M. 267. 



In spirits, dark brown, paler below ; sides black-spotted, with a 

 series of irregular-shaped, black-edged, pale spots along the middle ; 

 belly with a dark-edged, central, broad longitudinal band. 



Hab, S. Africa — Little Namaqua Land, near the mouth of the 

 Gariep or Orange River (^A, Smith). 



6. Lophosaura. 



Nose simple, without appendages. Chin with a series of skinny 



lobules beneath. Occiput produced, acute behind, keeled above. 



Back and throat often dentated. Scales unequal. Belly not 

 toothed. 



a. Back compressed, with a continuous series of large compressed 

 scales ; scales unequal. Lophosaura. 



1. Lophosaura pumila. B.M. 



Chameleo pumilus, Gray, Cat. B. M. 269 ; A. Dum. Arch, du 

 Mus. vi. t. 22. f. 5. 



Bradypodium pumilum, Fitz. Syst. Kept. 43. 



Scales of body and limbs moderate, unequal, with one or two series 

 of large scales on the sides ; sides of occiput and temples covered 

 with flat scales. 



In spirits, bluish, with a white streak from the orbit to the 

 shoulder, and from the temples along the sides of the back . 



Hah. South Africa ; Cape of Good Hope. 



Var. Fordii. Scales larger, more acute ; tubercles on the side of 

 the back large, elongate, keeled ; throat-fringe elongate, covered with 

 acute scales ; scales of belly small, equal. 



Hab. S. Africa, on branches of underwood ; from Haslar Hospital. 



Trup sutchees of the Cape Colonist ; that is, " Tread lightly." 



2. Lophosaura ventralts. B.M. 



Chameleo ventralis. Gray, Cat. B. M. 268. 



C. pusillus, var.?, A. Smith, S. A. Zool. App. 2; A. Dum./. c. 261- 



Lophosaura ventralis. 

 Scales small, with three or four series of large, flat, oval scales, with 



