CORDYLUS MICRO LEPIDOTUS. 



gular light yellow spots, those near the centre of the back smallest ; sides 

 superiorly the same colour as the back, inferiorly deep reddish orange and 

 partially barred by prolongations of the dark colour of the higher parts of the 

 sides ; the sides of neck marked with three distinct dark liver-brown spots, 

 one directly behind the meatus extemus. The space between rami of lower 

 jaw livid blue ; the belly and under surface of extremities sienna-yellow 

 clouded with deep reddish-orange ; under-surface of tail dull reddish-orange ; 

 upper surface of extremities light orange-brown. Eyes chesnut-brown. 



(Var. Plate XXV.) 



Colour. —{Male. Fig. A.) — The upper surface of the head light brownish- 

 orange shaded with umber-brown, the back dull yellowish brown finely varie- 

 gated with many longitudinal rows of small liver-brown spots ; the sides of 

 the body intermediate between orpiment-orange and tile-red, and variegated 

 here and there with short liver-brown streaks ; the sides of the head before 

 the eyes the same colour as the upper surface of the head ; sides of lower jaw 

 pale reddish orange shaded with umber-brown ; temples deep reddish orange, 

 and the sides of the neck with two or more deep liver-brown blotches. Tail 

 dull yellowish brown irregularly mottled with umber-brown ; space between 

 rami of lower jaw livid blue ; belly and under-surface of tail ochrey yellow 

 tinted with green ; legs and toes pale reddish orange, the fere legs spotted 

 sparingly with light-brown, the hinder ones spotted or barred with urnber- 

 brown. Eyes deep reddish brown. 



Female, (fig. B.) — The upper surface of head and the temples a yellowish 

 hair-brown with the edges and centre of the scales lightest ; back liver-browu 

 freely variegated with short longitudinal stripes of a colour intermediate 

 between oil-green and ochre-yellow ; the sides of the lips and the body the 

 same colour as the spots of the back, and the sides of the latter is variegated 

 with several rows of dark umber-brown dots and some light umber-brown 

 blotches. The extremities externally coloured like the sides and freely mot- 

 tled with umber-brown spots most numerous towards the toes. Tail liver- 

 brown mottled with dull yellowish green ; space between rami of lower jaw 

 livid blue ; belly and under surface of tail ochrey yellow with a greenish 

 tinge. Eyes dull reddish brown. 



(Var.— Plate XXVI.) 

 Colour. — (Male. Fig. A.)— The middle and hinder parts of the head 

 superiorly, and the back a yellowish hair-brown, freckled with liver-brown, 



