474 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CHAMALEONID. [Nov. 8, 
ridge (as in Lophosaura). Back and chin with a crest of small com- 
pressed scales. Belly not dentated. Scales of body unequal ; of legs 
equal, flat. 
1. MicrosaAURA MELANOCEPHALA. B.M. 
White (in spirits), head and shoulders black, fore legs blackish ; 
scales of the body granular, small, convex ; with a longitudinal series 
of large, circular, slightly raised tubercles on the middle of each side, 
and with a similar series of small tubercles on the sides of the middle 
of the back; scales of the legs larger than those of the body, flat, 
equal. 
Vad. S. Africa, Port Natal, 1862. 
Head of Microsaura melanocephala. 
5. PHUMANOLA. 
Nose and chin simple. Back witha series of large bony tubercles 
covered with scales. Orbit very prominent, rounded. Occiput tri- 
angular, with a central nodulous ridge ; small convex scales. Scales 
uniform, convex. Forehead, crown, and back of chin and belly not 
toothed. Tail cylindrical, rounded above. 
1. PHUMANOLA NAMAQUENSIS. B.M. 
Chameleo namaquensis, A. Smith, Zool. Journ. 1831; A. Dum. 
Arch. du Mus. vi. t. 22. f. 3*. 
C. tuberculiferus, 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. 8. Africa—Little Namaqua Land, near the mouth of the 
Gariep or Orange River (4. 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. Rept. 43. 
