872 MB. 8. B. FLOWEtt ON TUB BBFl'ILEB AND [Dec. 1, 



colours are on the neck, back, and sides irregularly spotted or 

 reticulated with darker ; or else there are dark bands longitudinal 

 on the neck and transverse on the body. ; while the limbs and tail 

 are usually marked with transverse dark brown irregular bands. 



In April the lips, cheeks, and throat of the males were very 

 beautiful with golden, red, and crimson shades on the scales. 



Both this species and C. versicolor seem of similar habits, lildng 

 bright sunshine and frequenting gardens and cultivated open land 

 with small bushes, darting about the grass and climbing the 

 branches with the utmost agility. When caught they try to 

 defend themselves by biting fiercely. 



Mab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



32. Oalotbs teesicolor, Daud. 



Calotes versicolor, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 321, & Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Kept. p. 135, fig. p. 136. 



Neither Cantor nor Stoliczka seem to have observed this species 

 in the Malay countries. F. Midler records it from Peuang in the 

 Bale Museum, and Blanford mentions it in the collection he got 

 from Dr. Dennys from Singapore and neighbouring localities. 



I found this species fairly common about the Sepoy Lines, 

 Penang ; a female caught in March contained seven white leathery- 

 skinned eggs, and one caught in April contained eight. In the 

 newly-cleared country around Kulim, Kedah, there were large 

 numbers of Calotes ; when the jungle has been cut down, stumps 

 of the larger forest trees are left standing here and there, several 

 yards high out of the ground ; on a bright sunshiny day, a Calotes 

 was to be seen on the summit of nearly every one of these stumps, 

 apparently enjoying the warmth and waiting for passing insects. 

 The only specimen I obtained here was of this species. 



Ilab. Afghanistan, Beloochistan, India, Ceylon, Burma, Southern 

 Cliina, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. 



33. LioLEPis BELLii, Gray. 



Liolepis bellii. Cantor, p. 41 ; Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 403. 



There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang, from 

 Cantor and Capt. Stafford. Cantor says, " This species appears to 

 be numerous, but local. Twelve were at one time obtained from a 

 spice ))lantation in Province Wellesley." 



Ilab. Southern India, Burma, Southern China, Siam, and Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Family Vabanid^e. 



34. Vaeahus rLAVEsoENS, Gray. 



Varanus Jlavescens, Cantor, p. 28; Giinther, Eept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 65, pi. ix. fig. A ; Boul. Cat. Liz. ii, p. 309. 

 Cantor obtained a single specimen at Peuang. 

 Hah. Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



