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above ; beneath pale brown, the thighs with a black spot on the 

 base of the inner or front edge ; scales small, those of the limbs 

 and under side larger; hind legs with scattered, and the tail 

 with distinct separate rings of spines on the upper surface ; the 

 outer spine on the edge of the tail the largest. 



When old, the skin about the neck and shoulders becomes loose 

 and folded. 



Called by the Hindoos Saara: it is eaten by the lower castes. 



2. U. Belliatiu. n. s. 



Olivacea ; dorso fasciis tribus longitudinalibus, cum seriebus 

 quatuor macularum albarum nigro-marginatarum allernantibus; 

 membris maculis albis ocellatis; lateribus nigro maculatis; squannis 

 parvis, subtus paulo majoribus, caudae parvis verticillatis. 



Inhabits Penang. 



Body 5, tail 9 inches. 



Olive green ; back with three pale black-edged longitudinal 

 streaks, alternating with four rows of black-edged pale coloured 

 spots; legs varied with pale black-edged spots, and the sides 

 ornamented with square black spots ; scales small, those of 

 the lower parts rather larger, and those of the tail small and 

 placed in verticillate bands ; the bands of pores do not quite meet 

 over the sub-anal region. From a drawing. 



Fam. III. ClIAM.ELEONIDiE. 



Gen. 1. CiiAMTELEO. 

 1. C. vulgaris. 



• Lacerta Chama?leon. Linn. Svst. Nut. i. 364. 20. 

 Lacerta caudatereti brevi. Linn. Amcvn. Acad. i. 571. 



&i.512. 

 Chama'lco vulgaris. Lair. Rcpt. 11. Baud. iv. 181. 

 Chamaileon trapu. Gcuff. Kept. d'Eg^ptc. ? 

 Camelcon ordinaire. Cuv. Regn. An. ii. 52. 

 Icon. Scba. i. t. 82. f. 2. dri/. — f. 1. in spirits. (Copied 

 Enci/. Mcth. t.— f. 2.) Geoff. St. IJiluirc, Repi. 

 d'Egypte. t. 4. f. 3.r 

 Skeleton. Seba. t. 82. f. 8. Copied Daud. Rcpt. i. t. 

 11. f. 1. 



