on the Saurian Reptiles of India. ^19 



Gen. 2. DiiAco. Linn. 



1. D. ahbreviata. n. s. 



Squainis parvis ; ad alarum niarj^iiit-m membrorumquc pos- 

 tcriorum latora squaniis ovalibus coinprossis cUiata ; alis partiin 

 fcmoribus adiiatis subtus maculatls ; gula, brcvi, thoraccin attin- 

 gcnte. 



Inhabits Singapore. 



Length 12 indies; body 5; tail 7 inches. 



Scales small, body on the edge of tlie M'ings and the sides of 

 the hind legs fringed with compressed ovate scales; wings partly 

 attached to the thighs, beneath spotted ; the central pouch of the 

 throat reaching to the thorax. 



2. D. Sfasciata. n. s. 



Squamis parvis, cauda; paulo majoribus ; mcnibris posticis 

 squamis ovatis compressis marginatis ; alis fasciis quinque uigris 

 carulco-marginatis ; guli thoracem longe supcrantc. 



Draco viridis. Kuhl, Ueitr. 102 ? 



Body 4 inches ; tail 5 j inches. 



Scales small, those of the tail rather larger ; hind legs edged 

 with ovate compressed scales. Wings with five black bands, 

 edged Avith blue. The central pouch of the throat reaching 

 beyond the thorax. 



3. D. viridis. Baud. Rept. iv. t. 41. good. 

 Pale, wings and body dotted, and marbled with black. Tail 

 just twice as long as the body. 



A drawing from an animal brought from Java. 



Gen. 3. Uromastix. 



1. U. Uardvcickii. Graij, Mss. 



Supra virescens nigro punctulata brunneoquc marmorata ; 

 subtus pallide brunnea; femoribus posticis maculi nigrji, ad basin 

 internum ; squamis mcmbrorum parvis, infra corpus majoribus ; 

 tibiarum spinis sparsis ; caudA, supra annulis spinarum distinctis. 



Inhabits the sandy plains of Kanouge, in Hindustan. 



Greenish, punctulatcd with black, and marbled with brown 



