1890.] LIZARD COLLECTION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 85 



Two specimens, adult and youDg, from Pinang, in the collection 

 of Dr. J. G. Fischer. 



SciNCUs ALBiFASciATus. (Plate XI. fig. 5.) 



Sci7icus officinalis, var. B, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 568. 



Head and limbs as in S. officinalis. Ear-opening barely distin- 

 guishable, covered by two scales, which are not fringed. Scales 

 perfectly smooth, dorsals larger than ventrals. 24 scales round the 

 middle of the body. Brown above, with seven white transverse bands, 

 each occupying two transverse series of scales ; each brown scale 

 with two or three whitish dots ; sides white, with a blackish spot 

 at the end of each white dorsal baud ; limbs and lower parts 

 white. 



From snout to vent 115 millim. 



A single specimen from Dakar, Senegambia. 



Chameleon roperi. (Plate VIII. fig. 4.) 



Casque feebly raised posteriorly ; parietal crest well-marked but 

 low ; the distance between the commissure of the mouth and the 

 extremity of the casque a little shorter than the mouth ; no rostral 

 appendages ; lateral crest strong ; occipital lobes well developed, 

 entirely separated from each other. Body covered with uniform 

 rather coarse granules ; a feebly serrated dorsal crest ; a strong gular- 

 ventral crest. No tarsal process. Gular-ventral crest white ; a 

 whitish lateral stripe from the axilla, not reaching the groin. 



6. ?. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 220 1 97 



From end of snout to extremity of mandible . . 27 23 



From end of snout to extremity of casque .... 35 30 



Greadest width between lateral cranial crests. . 16 13 



Depth of skull (mandible included) 20 19 



Width of head 18 16 



Body 82 80 



Tibia 22 20 



Tail 110 93 



Two specimens from Kilifi, East Africa, collected and presented 

 by Mr. G. D. Trevor-Koper. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate VIII. 



Fig. 1. Lygodactylus fischeri, p. 80. 



2. PlaU/pholis fasciafa, p. 81. 



2 a. , lower view of foot. X 2. 



3. Anolis panamensis, p. 81. 



3 a. , upper view of head, x 2. 



4. Cham<Bleon roperi (p. 85), upper and side views of head. 



